Energy

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Oil, gas, renewables, grid, and climate data

Seven Days After an Industry Petition, Interior Opens NEPA Scoping for an NPR-A "Development Permit Program"

A Federal Register notice published May 19 confirms the Bureau of Land Management is initiating an Environmental Impact Statement to support a rulemaking that would pre-authorize "qualifying production sites" across the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska — moving from project-by-project NEPA review to a criteria-based permit-by-rule framework. BLM cites a petition filed by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association exactly one week earlier as the trigger.

WorldApr 23

France's G7 Environment Agenda Lists Five Priorities. Climate Change Is Not One of Them.

Opening a two-day ministerial meeting in Paris on April 23, France's presidency of the G7 published an agenda built around biodiversity finance, desertification, the ocean, water, and real-estate resilience to disasters. Climate change is addressed only as one of three COPs to be discussed in a "political exchange" — a downgrade from its central billing at previous G7 Environment meetings.

EnergyApr 20

Fermi Co-Founder Toby Neugebauer Out as CEO, CFO Resigns Same Day; Restructuring Veteran Jeffrey Stein Joins Board

Fermi Inc., the Rick Perry-co-founded nuclear and gas data center company that IPO'd last October, replaced its CEO and CFO on April 19. Marius Haas steps in as Chairman, a search for a new CEO begins, and shares closed down 19.7% at $5.27 on twice the average volume. Texas Tech also signaled it is renegotiating certain milestones in the Project Matador lease.

EnergyApr 18

US Natural Gas Storage Builds to 1,970 BCF — 6% Above the Five-Year Average — as Henry Hub Softens to $2.64

EIA's April 17 Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report shows Lower-48 working gas inventories at 1,970 billion cubic feet as of April 10, about 115 BCF above the five-year average for the same week. Henry Hub spot prices slipped to $2.64/MMBtu on April 10 from $3.04 on April 6.

EnergyApr 16

SPR Drawdown Accelerates: 6.3 Million Barrels Drained in Three Weeks as Iran War Reverses Year-Long Refill

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve dropped to 409.2 million barrels -- its lowest since October 2025 -- as the government tapped reserves at an accelerating rate to offset the Iran war's impact on oil markets. Gas prices remain at $4.25 per gallon, up 38% since February.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has increased the EU's fossil fuel import bill by over 22 billion euros in 44 days, announcing emergency energy measures and calling for restored freedom of navigation.

Energy

Seven Days After an Industry Petition, Interior Opens NEPA Scoping for an NPR-A "Development Permit Program"

France's G7 Environment Agenda Lists Five Priorities. Climate Change Is Not One of Them.

Fermi Co-Founder Toby Neugebauer Out as CEO, CFO Resigns Same Day; Restructuring Veteran Jeffrey Stein Joins Board

US Natural Gas Storage Builds to 1,970 BCF — 6% Above the Five-Year Average — as Henry Hub Softens to $2.64

SPR Drawdown Accelerates: 6.3 Million Barrels Drained in Three Weeks as Iran War Reverses Year-Long Refill

Von der Leyen: Middle East Crisis Has Cost the EU 22 Billion Euros in 44 Days

US Crude Stockpiles Surge 45 Million Barrels in Seven Weeks as Refineries Pull Back

Eurozone Inflation Hits 2.6% in March, Revised Up from Flash Estimate as Energy Costs Drive Fastest Acceleration Since July 2024

Iran-linked hackers are shutting down US oil, gas, and water facilities, six federal agencies warn

Ceasefire fractures within 24 hours: Israel hits 100 targets in Lebanon, Iran halts Hormuz tanker traffic

Oil crashes 15% as Iran ceasefire unwinds the war premium

Trump's 8 PM Deadline Passes as Strikes Hit Iranian Bridges and Railways