Energy News Beat Podcast
ENB 325 - Weekly Recap: Gas Field Restart, Offshore Wind Turbulence, and Internet Disruptions
In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup - Weekly Recap, the hosts, Stuart Turley and Michael Tanner discusses various topics including the restart of Denmark's largest natural gas field by Total Energy, highlighting its significance for Europe's energy needs. He also delves into the cancellation and subsequent higher prices of US offshore wind farms, pointing out the fiscal unsustainability and potential manipulation in the industry. Turley further addresses US legislation blocking China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, criticizing it as symbolic without concrete measures to prevent circumvention. Additionally, he discusses Europe's response to the energy crisis, acquisition of a nuclear data center by Amazon Web Services, and recent internet outages attributed to technical issues and possible sabotage, cautioning viewers about geopolitical tensions and the need for vigilance.
Highlights of the Podcast
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - TotalEnergies upholds March restart date for Denmark’s largest natural gas field
03:40 - Cancelled US Offshore Wind Farms Back at a Higher Price
06:59 - US funding bill blocks China from buying oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
09:09 - 2 Ways to Play Europe’s $800 Billion Energy Crisis
11:40 - AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania
13:18 - World hit by internet outages
16:03 - Outro
Please see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast.
TotalEnergies upholds March restart date for Denmark’s largest natural gas field
TotalEnergies EP Danmark, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, has confirmed the previously set restart date for the Tyra II redevelopment project, which is said to be Denmark’s largest natural gas field. According to […]
Cancelled US Offshore Wind Farms Back at a Higher Price
ENB Pub Note: This article was originally posted on Elementalenergy.substack.com. I highly recommend following them and interacting with their other readers through comments. Remember those American offshore wind projects that were cancelled last year due […]
US funding bill blocks China from buying oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – A measure in the U.S. funding legislation unveiled by congressional leaders on Sunday would block China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The desire for a hard line […]
2 Ways to Play Europe’s $800 Billion Energy Crisis
The energy crisis that engulfed Europe after Western sanctions punished Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cost the continent hundreds of billions of dollars. Now, the Middle East crisis and the Houthi war on the Red Sea […]
AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. Talen Energy Corporation this week announced it has sold its 960MW Cumulus data center campus in Pennsylvania […]
World hit by internet outages
Yemen-based Houthi militants could have cut underwater cables in the Red Sea, several media outlets have claimed Popular internet platforms owned by Meta – including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads – experienced global disruptions lasting for […]
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