Rob Verdonck

Japan goes big into US shale gas 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸 💰 Mitsubishi Corp will buy the natural gas assets from Aethon Energy for an enterprise value of *$7.5 billion* 🚨 This is the BIGGEST investment yet by a Japanese firm into US shale as Tokyo doubles down on gas in the energy transition

Russia earned about $108 billion in oil and gas taxes last year - a 24% drop from 2024 and the least since 2020 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Virtually all of the world’s biggest oil traders see the market in a state of oversupply in 2026 — the only question is by how much bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-… via @business

BP has announced Woodside's Meg O’Neill as its new CEO -- she will become the first female leader of an oil supermajor bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The global transition to electric vehicles is beginning to unravel the way major changeovers often do: slowly at first, then all at once. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US oil futures rise after Trump orders blockade of sanctioned tankers in Venezuela *Computer, zoom out* WTI still near lowest since 2021

In July, China started construction on the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a project that’s set to be the biggest single source of green power globally. Here's what the project entails and why it's so controversial bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China’s fossil fuel power generation fell 4.2% y/y in November - putting it on track for its first annual drop in a decade, as renewables flood the grid to meet rising demand bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Fossil fuel and nuclear interests found common ground in Texas. Now, the alliance spans the US to the detriment of renewable energy projects bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Shipping dynasties are among investors offering support for modern-day sail technology that claims to slash the amount of fuel needed by vessels bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A Russian LNG export plant delivered its first shipment to China since being sanctioned by the US in January 🇷🇺 🤝🇨🇳 🚢 The Portovaya facility on the Baltic Sea sent LNG to southern China, ship-data shows ⚠️ China only began buying blacklisted Russian gas from late-Aug.

TTF gas may go truly global as @ICE_Markets discusses extending the trading hours of the European gas benchmark, a move that would align it with other global energy products bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A decade and $10 trillion later, what has the Paris climate deal achieved? Here are seven charts on the progress — and shortfalls. bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

While energy giants largely scale back on coal, some maverick firms in Asia are buying up mothballed mines in order to make billions from the dirty fuel bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Several key departures at the world's biggest commodity bank has slowed oil and gas trading bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Solar power’s rapid growth has Europe racing to revamp its grid to prevent a dramatic blackout bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-… via @bbgvisualdata

TotalEnergies needs Mozambique’s approval for a $4.5 billion increase in cost to its #LNG project before restarting construction that’s been delayed since 2021 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A billion barrels of oil (enough to meet about 10 days of global demand) has been stored at sea in a sign a long-awaited surplus is about to arrive bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Transferring #LNG from one ship to another is far trickier than for oil - but the first documented occurrence of Russian LNG transferred in waters off Malaysia appears to have occurred. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US will cement its role as the biggest LNG exporter 🇺🇸❤️🚢 🧊 The Golden Pass LNG project in Texas is preparing to cool key equipment, a key step ahead of startup. This comes after months of delay 🗓️ A "cooldown" shipment of LNG will arrive in Oct-Nov bloomberg.com/news/articles/…