Archive for the 'Energy' Category
The Nitrogen Trap
March 16th, 2026Via: Shanaka Anslem Perera: The world spent fifty years and hundreds of billions of dollars building Strategic Petroleum Reserves so that no geopolitical rupture could fully sever modern civilization from energy. The United States alone holds just over 400 million barrels of crude oil in salt caverns beneath the Gulf Coast. On March 11, 2026, […]
Mask Off
March 15th, 2026Via: Truthstream Media:
Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World’s Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity
March 15th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: The world’s largest single-site aluminium smelter in the Middle East cut its output by about 20% on Sunday, marking yet another troubling development for the global economy. The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer just an energy story – it’s now spreading into industrial metals. These second- and third-order effects […]
Secretary Hegseth on the Strait of Hormuz: DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT
March 13th, 2026There’s a disconnect between what U.S. leadership is saying and what’s happening on the ground, or, more accurately, on the water around Iran. U.S. military strategists still aren’t fully comprehending the paradigm changing impact of unmanned systems. They, mistakenly, thought that destroying Iran’s traditional naval capacity would be enough to keep the Strait of Hormuz […]
PENTAGON SENDS U.S. MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT TO MIDDLE EAST
March 13th, 2026Amphibious ready group: An amphibious ready group (ARG) of the United States Navy consists of a naval element—a group of warships known as an Amphibious Task Force (ATF)—and a landing force (LF) of U.S. Marines (and occasionally U.S. Army soldiers), in total about 5,000 people. Together, these elements and supporting units are trained, organized, and […]
U.S. Navy Won’t Be Ready To Escort Tankers Through Hormuz For Weeks
March 12th, 2026Via: The War Zone: The U.S. Navy is not yet ready to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but it will happen. This is the synopsis provided by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright in an interview with CNBC. The development comes as Iran continues to pummel international shipping in and around the critical […]
Iran War Disrupts Fertilizer Supply Chain
March 12th, 2026Via: CNBC: The war in Iran could raise global food prices as the conflict disrupts fertilizer shipments through one of the world’s most critical trade routes. While energy markets have focused on oil supply risks, analysts say threats to fertilizer supply chains through the Strait of Hormuz may also bring long-term economic issues through food […]
Two Tankers On Fire at Iraqi Port After Iran Attacks
March 11th, 2026Update: New Ayatollah’s First Message: Hormuz Strait Stays Closed, Warns ‘More Fronts’ Could Open — Via: Oilprice: Two oil tankers carrying Iraqi oil products caught fire Wednesday after being struck in Iraqi territorial waters near the country’s southern export terminals, according to Iraqi port officials and multiple media reports. The vessels, Vishnu, a Marshall Islands-flagged […]
IEA: Largest Ever Oil Stock Release Amid Market Disruptions From Middle East Conflict
March 11th, 2026Via: International Energy Agency: The 32 Member countries of the International Energy Agency unanimously agreed today to make 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East. The decision to take emergency collective action was made following […]
Iran Attacking Ships Attempting to Transit Strait of Hormuz
March 11th, 2026Via: Telegraph: The Islamic Republic’s joint command threatened the US, Israel and their allies with attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz as the countries continue their bombing campaign against Iran. It said it would shift from “reciprocal hits” to “continuous strikes” on its adversaries – a move it warned could push global […]
