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I Investigated the Trillion Dollar Industry Nobody Talks About​

Sep 7, 2025

I went to south Texas to investigate the trillion-dollar industry that nobody talks about.. The industry that has created more millionaires and billionaires than tech.. and that industry is oil and gas. We met up with oil and gas entrepreneur Brent Franklin to learn how this industry works, why this business makes people so rich and how you can start investing your money and making it work for you in oil.


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Crude tanker markets focus on Asian freight shifts, fleet renewal toward end-2025​

Shorter voyages from Middle East to Asia may impact demand
India's stance on Russian oil imports crucial amid US pressure
OPEC+ supply hikes, aging fleet add to market complexity

Shorter distances for oil cargoes east of the Suez Canal and India's stomach to test US displeasure would be significant variables for the aging crude tanker fleet market in the coming months.

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Oil prices rise after Israeli attack on Qatar, Trump's Russia tariff push​

BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday after Israel attacked Hamas leadership in Qatar and U.S. President Donald Trump asked Europe to impose tariffs on buyers of Russian oil buyers, though a weak market outlook capped further gains.

Brent crude futures were up 61 cents, or 0.92%, at$67 a barrel, as of 0620 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 61 cents, or 0.97%, to $63.24 a barrel.

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Norway Worried About a Possible Shadow Fleet by Svalbard

A company of unknown origin has applied for a permit to transfer Russian liquefied natural gas from ship to ship in a fjord in Svalbard. The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection fears that this involves ships from the Russian shadow fleet and has asked the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and...
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New EU sanctions package targets Russian LNG

'It is time to turn off the tap,' President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen emphasised as she announced the Union's 19th sanctions package against Russia. Europe will halt imports of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG).
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Iraq Increases Oil Exports, Sees Extra Revenues

Sept 21 (Reuters) – Iraq has increased oil exports following the gradual unwinding of voluntary production cuts under an OPEC+ agreement, the country’s state oil marketer SOMO said on Sunday. Earlier this month, eight members of...
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The Sanctions Game

Here's an extreme example of globalization's tenacity and resilience: Russia, while subject to over 30,000 separate sanctions from nations around the...
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If interested you may need to translate this one. I did.

LNG, Trump and the new geopolitics of gas​

Over the past year, the Trump administration has not hesitated to explicitly use LNG trade as a bargaining chip in bilateral negotiations, ushering in a new era of gas geopolitics. The push to restart Alaska LNG is just one of the most explicit examples. By Francesco Sassi and Giovanni Bettinelli.

The LNG (liquefied natural gas) industry is experiencing a moment of rapid growth, becoming an increasingly important element of energy security in Asia and Europe. As a result of this growth, an increasingly high fraction of natural gas is transported in the form of LNG globally, in a market that has become increasingly globalized in recent decades, with increasing liquidity in the spot market and more freedom in adapting the destination of cargo based on market signals.

This continued progress towards a more liberalized and flexible gas market, however, cannot be taken for granted and could be seriously questioned by the growing influence of geopolitics on market dynamics themselves.

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www.rivistaenergia.it

Gnl, Trump e la nuova geopolitica del gas

Nell’ultimo anno, l’Amministrazione Trump non ha esitato ad usare esplicitamente il commercio di Gnl come pedina di scambio
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Russia Weighs Diesel Export Curbs After Refinery Drone Hits

Russia is weighing restrictions on diesel exports as a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on its oil refineries forced the government to pay close attention to fuel supplies and prices at home.
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Russia Opens New Production Line at Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 as First Carrier Loads Cargo

Russia continues to expand its Arctic liquefied natural gas facilities. More than a year after towing the second production line to the Gydan Peninsula a gas carrier berthed at Train 2 of the Arctic LNG 2 project for the first time.
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