Kelly is an experienced writer with 15 years of experience exploring the big stories that shape our world, from tech breakthroughs and space exploration to climate, energy, and the fascinating quirks of science. She has a talent for turning complex ideas into sharp, memorable insights that stay with readers long after they’ve finished reading.
Sempra has filed for permits to build the Port Arthur LNG North Project in Texas—a proposed expansion that would add four liquefaction trains with a combined…
A fire broke out overnight at Hemisphere Energy Corporation‘s (TSXV: HME) largest oil battery at its Atlee Buffalo property in Alberta. Emergency protocols were activated immediately,…
During the winter of 2026, hydrologic conditions across North America and Canada shifted dramatically. A thin Rocky Mountain snowpack combined with an unusually warm spring melted…
Saudi Aramco disclosed more than $3.7 billion in potential agreements with French companies at a French-Saudi investment roundtable attended by Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser.…
Iran and Oman are in active discussions over a temporary corridor arrangement through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.-Iran standoff stretches on with no resolution…
Australia’s largest oil and gas producer, Woodside Energy Group, announced Tuesday it’s scrapping its $5 billion clean-energy investment target by 2030, retiring its scope three emissions-abatement…
Aroostook County sits at the northern tip of Maine, blessed with some of the strongest onshore winds in New England and vast tracts of open land. For…
TC Energy has selected a Worley-led team—including EllisDon and AECOM—to advance front-end engineering and design work for the Ontario Pumped Storage Project. The contract covers cost…
The UK North Sea is declining—that much isn’t in dispute. But a new white paper from energy consultancy Gneiss Energy argues that the pace of that…
Rockhopper Exploration just released results from an updated independent technical report by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI), effective July 31, 2026, covering its Sea Lion…
Aduro just named Saipem as its engineering and project execution partner for the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) Hydrochemolytic Technology facility planned at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Netherlands.…
Oilfield services giant SLB has signed a contract with Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, giving it access to the country’s closely guarded geological and production databases.…
A pallet of modules comes off a repowered array with the glass unbroken and the frames bright. Almost everything on that pallet is technically recoverable, and the…
Net Power Inc. announced Monday it signed a deposit and exclusivity agreement to acquire 123 MW of new gas-fired generation equipment for Project Permian, its planned…
Net Power Inc. announced two agreements Tuesday aimed at pushing forward its power-first strategy at Project Permian, its first powered land project in West Texas. The…
On August 4, 2026, advanced satellite radar orbiting Earth recorded a quiet shift high above the frozen coastline of northwest Greenland. A massive section of shelf…
The energy sector has no shortage of net-zero ambitions. What it increasingly lacks, according to OPITO, is the trained workforce to deliver them. To close that…
On August 26, 2026, GE Vernova and LS Electric announced they’d signed an agreement to establish a joint venture centered on Voltage-Sourced Converter High-Voltage Direct Current…
Piedmont Natural Gas just reached a major rate deal with key consumer and industrial groups in South Carolina. All four parties—Piedmont, the SC Office of Regulatory…
At CIGRE Paris 2026, GE Vernova announced the F35g—a new 170 kV SF₆-free gas-insulated switchgear that fills the last gap in its transmission-grid lineup. With this…
U.S. uranium concentrate production surged to 2.1 million pounds in 2025—more than triple the volume recorded in 2024 and the highest annual output in eight years,…
Deep within the algae-crusted shallow reefs of the Western Pacific lives a creature barely larger than a speck of dust to the untrained eye. Measuring just…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and nuclear fuel startup Ampera have joined forces to develop a new kind of TRISO fuel—one built around thorium instead of conventional…
On August 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy and Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality jointly released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed North…
Across Virginia homes and small businesses, electricity rates are climbing sharply. Monthly utility bills are placing a severe burden on family budgets, driven by rapid industrial…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) awarded $5.5 million to 11 national laboratory projects on August 28, 2026. The goal is straightforward:…
GE Vernova has been selected by Quinbrook as the technology partner for Stage 3 of the Supernode Battery Energy Storage System in Queensland, Australia. The contract…
Global natural gas demand hit an all-time high of 148.39 trillion cubic feet in 2025—up 1.7% year-on-year—according to the 2026 Global Gas Report released by the…
On August 22, the Troll Phase 3 Stage 2 subsea project came on stream in the North Sea—ahead of schedule and under budget. Equinor operates it…
For years, solar developers rushing into Illinois’ community solar programs kept running into a brick wall: a rural power grid in ComEd’s western territory that simply…
Navitas Petroleum LP signed a deal Monday to acquire the vessel OSX1 for approximately $125 million. That adds a second floating production, storage and offloading platform…
SLB just dropped two new artificial lift technologies for U.S. land operations: the Harbison-Fischer Deka diamond-coated rod pump barrel and the Synthetix hydraulic gas lift system.…
Texas upstream oil and gas employment fell by 1,200 jobs between June and July 2026, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data cited by the Texas…
Somewhere in West Texas, 3,000 sheep graze beneath thousands of solar panels across 8,000 acres—land that once yielded cotton until consecutive years of severe losses made…
A leading Scottish business group warned this week that it would “defy belief” for the UK government to block new North Sea gas fields while simultaneously…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil sector is putting up numbers not seen in years. Production across the province’s five offshore fields climbed to 285–310 thousand barrels…
A precision laser system built by University of South Florida engineers has cleared a critical milestone: the Tennessee Valley Authority has successfully tested the technology for…
Inertia Enterprises and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have jointly developed a new manufacturing process for the cryogenically frozen deuterium-tritium fuel layers at the core of inertial…
Over the past year, federal energy policy has seen dramatic shifts. The administration canceled billions of dollars in clean energy grants, repurchased offshore wind leases, and…
Westinghouse announced on August 25 that it successfully completed zero-power criticality testing for its eVinci microreactor at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center. The test was…
On the second day of NECX 2026, three advanced reactor companies took the stage to recount something the nuclear industry hadn’t seen in decades: multiple startups…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2026 Liquids Pipeline Projects Database, published August 26, 2026, confirmed that eight petroleum liquids pipeline projects were completed across the United…
The strongest El Niño pattern in recorded history is bearing down on the American West. Yet the Colorado River—the primary water supply for 40 million people…
GE Vernova and South Korea’s LS Electric have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture targeting the VSC-HVDC market—a technology identified as a core component…
Worley just landed three engineering services contracts from Burr Computer Environments, Inc. (BCEI) to handle engineering, detailed design, and procurement support for energy center projects across…
Aker BP has started production from the Skarv Satellite Project in the Norwegian Sea—bringing the Alve Nord, Idun Nord, and Ørn fields online simultaneously, a full…
GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) announced on August 24, 2026, in Paris, a new medium-voltage uninterruptible power supply—the MV-UPS—designed to deliver continuous, stable power protection for AI…
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an emergency order on August 21, 2026, directing PJM Interconnection and Constellation Energy to keep two natural gas- and oil-fired…
Nestled deep inside the scenic fjord landscape of western Norway, three connected power stations have quietly served as an industrial workhorse for decades. The facilities—Målset, Refsdal,…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) dropped a $500 million award on August 21, 2026, for Cleveland-Cliffs’ Middletown Works facility in Middletown, Ohio. It’s half of…
