Energy News editor @business in Sydney. Focused on LNG, gas, the energy transition and climate. All opinions are my own
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Japan’s Inpex expects industrial action will disrupt output at its #LNG export plant in Australia. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Exxon is studying potential acquisition targets including Australia’s Woodside Energy Group, as the US giant eyes options to deepen its presence in liquefied natural gas and Asian markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Workers at Inpex’s Ichthys #LNG export plant in Australia are planning to increase strike action to eight hours a day and implement work bans from Thursday, after talks between union members and the company stalled bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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#LNG workers in Australia plan to start work stoppages and bans at @inpexaustralia facilities. While they will be mild at first, they echo the start of strikes in 2022 and 2023 that saw global gas prices soar bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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A network of gray-market providers is helping to fill the power gap in Pakistan as the Iran war upends energy supplies. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Santos and Repsol have begun commercial production of oil from their Pikka discovery in Alaska, a milestone set to help drive a resurgence of crude flows in the state bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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US and its allies aim to loosen China’s grip on one of the world’s most contentious supply chains. Yet the rare earths that matter most remain out of reach. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…
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Europe’s solar boom is running into a new problem: too much power. Prices are going negative, grids are overwhelmed, and energy is going to waste. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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New Zealand’s government plans a law change to prevent private legal action against greenhouse gas emitters, arguing cases have created business uncertainty and deterred investment bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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China's suppliers of batteries, solar panels and electric cars are wooing new markets to capitalize on Iran war energy shocks bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Australia hardly ever gets diesel from the US - now a flotilla is heading over!!
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The wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant is emerging as a tourist destination in Japan, just as atomic power returns to the country’s grid. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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The BloombergNEF annual summit in New York kicked off on Tuesday as the war in Iran fuels a resurgence of interest in fossil fuel alternatives and the US sees a massive push for more electricity to feed data centers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Volatile lithium prices and advances in technology mean sodium batteries are finally making a decisive breakthrough bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The war in the Middle East has accelerated lifted demand for alternatives to volatile fossil fuels, setting 2026 up to be the year of the battery bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Britain’s natural gas supply looks sufficient this summer despite the disruption to global energy flows caused by the Iran war, according to the grid manager bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Voters across the US are angry about rising energy bills, making power politics an unusual force in a high-stakes midterm elections bloomberg.com/features/2026-…
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European gas trading will go truly global with extended trading hours from today - making TTF the first major energy contract to begin the trading week.
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Rob Verdonck retweeted
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Japan goes big into US shale gas
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💰 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
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