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WTI (Aug) $79.60 +26c, Brent (Sep) $84.95 +22c, Diff -$5.35 -4c USNG (Aug) $2.92 +2c, UKNG (...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PETROTAL, HUNTING, ANGUS
WTI (Aug) $79.34 +$1.20, Brent (Sep) $84.73 +$1.43, Diff -$5.39 +23c USNG (Aug) $2.90 u/c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ANGUS, SUNDA ENERGY
WTI (Aug) $78.14 +$6.73, Brent (Sep) $83.30 +$7.29, Diff -$5.16 +56c USNG (Aug) $2.90 -4c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, GULF KEYSTONE, BUCCANEER
WTI (Aug) $71.41 -67c, Brent (Sep) $76.01 -29c, Diff -$4.60 +38c. USNG (Aug) $2.94 -7c, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SEASCAPE, CHARIOT
WTI (Aug) $72.08 -$1.44, Brent (Sep) $76.30 -$1.72, Diff -$4.22 -28c USNG (Aug) $3.01 -20c, ...
INTEGRATION FOR EXPLORATION
David Bamford, Director at IMMER Ltd & Next Bigger Better CIC At last, back to Exploration...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, NORTH SEA
WTI (Aug) $70.44 +$1.89, Brent (Sep) $74.16 +$2.17, Diff -$3.72 +28c USNG (Aug) $3.27 +2c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, AFENTRA, GENEL, SEASCAPE
WTI (Aug) $68.55 -14c, Brent (Sep) $71.99 -13c, Diff -$3.44 +1c USNG (Sep) $3.25 +5c, UKNG (...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOUCHSTONE, UNITED OIL & GAS
WTI (Aug) $68.69 +11c, Brent (Sep) $71.80 +23c, Diff -$3.11 +12c USNG (Aug) $3.20 -2c, UKNG ...
ENERGY UNRAVELLED
by Chris Sladen, PhD, CBE My end-2025 summary was entitled 'A year of living dangerously&#...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, GENEL, UJO/REABOLD, ZEPHYR, SINTANA
WTI (Aug) $68.58 -92c, Brent (Sep) $71.57 -$1.38, Diff -$2.99 -46c USNG (Aug) $3.22 -6c, UKN...
NESO CUTTING EXPORTS DURING A LOW FREQUENCY EVENT MAY COME BACK TO BITE US IN...
By Kathryn Porter Is NESO struggling to manage the grid this summer? In addition to ...
OIL PRICE, SAVANNAH, ARROW, ANGUS
WTI (Aug) $69.50 -$1.25, Brent (Sep)* $72.95 -34c, Diff -$3.45 +$1.05* USNG (Aug) $3.28 +10c...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SAVANNAH, ZEPHYR, REABOLD, BEACON, CHARIOT, RKH, SUNDA
WTI (Aug) $70.75 +$1.52, Brent (Aug) $73.15 +$2.40, Diff -$2.40 -36c USNG (Aug) $3.18 -10c, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ECO ATLANTIC, PROSPEX
WTI (Aug) $69.23 -$2.69, Brent (Aug) $71.99 -$3.27, Diff -$2.76 -58c USNG (Aug)* $3.28 -3c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOWER, SEASCAPE, PETRO MATAD
WTI (Aug) $70.32 -$2.89, Brent (Aug) $73.74 -$3.34, Diff -$3.42 +7c. USNG (July) $3.22 +7c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PHAROS, JADESTONE, ANGUS, TOWER, BUCCANEER
WTI (Aug) $73.21 -65c, Brent (Aug) $77.08 -82c, Diff -$3.87 -17c USNG (July) $3.15 -10c, UKN...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PROSPEX, ANGUS
WTI (Aug)* $73.86 -$1.73, Brent (Aug) $77.90 -$2.67, Diff -$4.04 -68c. USNG (July) $3.25 +2c...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, EUROPA OIL & GAS
WTI (July) $75.85 -75c, Brent (Aug) $80.57 +72c, Diff -$4.72 +$1.47 USNG (July) $3.23 u/c, U...
BANGLADESH OPENS 26 OFFSHORE BLOCKS TO GLOBAL EXPLORERS
By Mohamed Basyouni, Ph.D. The Bay of Bengal Is Back in Play: Bangladesh Opens 26 Offshore...
COMMENTARY: UNION JACK, GULF KEYSTONE, SUNDA ENERGY
Union Jack Oil Union Jack has announced that, further to the Company’s announcement ...
COMMENTARY: KISTOS, STAR, ECO ATLANTIC
Kistos Kistos has noted the announcement made today by Vår Energi, the operator of t...
MAINTAINING GRID STABILITY IN A WIND AND SOLAR WORLD
The following is the transcript of a speech on grid stability that Kathryn Porter gave to the...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, REABOLD
WTI (July) $84.88 -$2.83, Brent (Aug) $87.33 -$2.05, Diff -$2.45 -22c USNG (July) $3.12 +3c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ZEPHYR, SERICA, TOUCHSTONE
WTI (July) $90.03 +$1.83, Brent (Aug) $93.10 +$1.65, Diff -$3.07 -18c USNG (July) $3.19 +5c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ZEPHYR, AFENTRA
WTI (July) $91.30 +76c, Brent (Aug) $94.25 +$1.16, Diff -$2.95 +40c USNG (July) $3.15 -8c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, PHAROS, TOUCHSTONE
WTI (July) $90.54 -$2.50, Brent (Aug) $93.09 -$1.94, Diff -2.55 +56c USNG (July) $3.23 -11c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOUCHSTONE, PROSPEX, REABOLD
WTI (July) $93.04 -$2.98, Brent (Aug) $95.03 -$2.78, Diff -$1.99 +20c. USNG (July) $3.34 +13c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ANGUS, AFENTRA
WTI (July) $96.02 +$2.26, Brent (Aug) $97.81 +$1.81, Diff -$1.79 -45c USNG (July) $3.21 +4c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, REABOLD, ROCKHOPPER
WTI (July) $93.76 +$1.60, Brent (Aug) $96.00 +$1.02, Diff -$2.24 -58c USNG (July) $3.17 -1c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, TOWER
WTI (July) $92.16 +$4.80, Brent (Aug) $94.98 +$3.86, Diff -$2.82 -94c USNG (July) $3.18 -11c...
THE FIVE TYPES OF MISSED AND BYPASSED PAY
By Peter Cockcroft, FRGS In mature oilfields, the best new opportunity is often not a new disc...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SAVANNAH, PROSPEX, HUNTING, SUNDA
WTI (July) $87.36 -$1.54, Brent (Aug)*91.12 -$4.67, Diff -$3.76 -$1.05 USNG (July) $3.29 u/c...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BORDERS & SOUTHERN, BUCCANEER, EOG
WTI (July) $88.90 +22c, Brent (July) $93.71 -58c, Diff -$4.81 -80c USNG (July) $3.29 +19c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BP, ARROW, UNION JACK, AFENTRA, EOG
WTI (July) $93.89 -$2.71, Brent (July) $99.58 +$3.44, Diff -$5.69 +$5.23 USNG (June) $2.89 -...
HURRICANE ENERGY AS A CASE STUDY IN CAPITAL, TIMING AND TECHNICAL RISK
By Oberon Houston, Oil & Gas Investment Banking The rise and fall of Hurricane Energy offe...
FORMER FT ENERGY EDITOR COMMENTS ON CURRENT ENERGY POLICIES
Ray Dafter, former Energy Editor of the Financial Times and Fellow of Harvard University’s ...
KATHRYN PORTER: AGCC SPEECH 26 MAY 2026
On 26 May 2026, Energy expert Kathryn Porter was due to give the keynote speech at the Aberdeen a...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BP, UNION JACK, ARROW, SOUTHERN
WTI (July) $96.60 +25c*, Brent (July) $96.14 -$6.44, Diff -$46c -$5.77* USNG (June) $2.91 -1...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SINTANA
WTI (July) $96.35 -$1.91, Brent (July) $102.58 -$2.44, Diff -$6.23 -53c USNG (June) $3.02 +2...
‘SUPEREMITTERS’ IN THE UK AND THE EU
David Bamford Director at Future Energy A good visual record of so-called SuperEmitters i...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, STAR ENERGY, ZEPHYR, SEASCAPE
WTI (July) $98.26 -$5.89, Brent (July) $105.02 -$6.26, Diff -$6.76 -37c USNG (June) $3.00 -1...
CLIMATE TRACE DATA HOLDS THE EU TO ACCOUNT
David Bamford, Director at IMMER Ltd Every year since 2021 Climate Trace has published its...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, JADESTONE
WTI (June) $108.66 +$3.24, Brent (July) $112.10 +$2.84, Diff -$3.44 -44c USNG (June) $3.02 +...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SINTANA, ECO ATLANTIC, DELTIC, EOG
WTI (June) $105.42 +$4.25, Brent (July) $109.26 +$3.54, Diff -$3.84 -71c USNG (June) $2.96 +...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, SINTANA, PROSPEX
WTI (June) $101.17 +15c, Brent (July) $105.72 +9c, Diff -$4.55 -6c USNG (June) $2.89 +3c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOUCHSTONE, REABOLD
WTI (June) $101.02 -$1.16, Brent (July) $105.63 -$ -2.14, Diff -$4.61 -98c USNG (June) $2.86...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ARROW, AFENTRA
WTI (June) $102.18 +$4.11, Brent (July) $107.77 +$3.56, Diff -$5.59 -55c USNG (June) $2.84 -...
SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS: THE RETAIL ENERGY MARKET CONSOLIDATES AGAIN
By Kathryn Porter Back in February I wrote an analysis of energy supplier ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PHAROS, CORCEL, JOG, PETROTAL
WTI (June) $98.07 +$2.65, Brent (July) $104.21 +$2.92, Diff -$6.14 +32c USNG (June) $2...
GREEN VS BASELOAD: THE MOST SUITABLE ENERGY FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY?
Kathryn Porter gave the following speech at the Cirrus Investor Conference in Namibia last we...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, KISTOS, UJO, SINTANA, STAR
WTI (June) $105.07 -$1.81, Brent (July)* $110.04 -$2.71, Diff -$4.97 -$6.18 USNG (June...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, STAR, PROSPEX, ECO ATLANTIC
WTI (June) $106.88 +$6.95, Brent (June) $118.03 +$6.77, Diff -$11.15 -18c USNG (June) $2.55 ...
'ENCOURAGING' SIGNS OF ATTITUDE SHIFT ON NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS
April 28, 2026 by Professor John Underhill, University Director for Energy Transition, Aberde...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, ARROW, STAR
WTI (June) $99.93 +$3.56, Brent (June) $111.26 +$3.03, Diff -$11.33 -53c USNG (June)* $2.69 ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SOUTHERN ENERGY
WTI (June) $96.37 +$1.97, Brent (June) $108.23 +$2.90, Diff -$11.86 +93c USNG (May) $2.55 u/...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, EUROPA OIL & GAS, RED CAPITAL
WTI (June) $94.40 -$1.45, Brent (June) $105.33 +26c, Diff-$10.93 +$1.71 USNG (May) $2.52 -9c...
WHAT DOES NET ZERO REALLY MEAN?
By Catherine McBride OBE I was delighted to read the Sunday Times editorial headline: &lsq...
PHYSICS VERSUS IDEOLOGY – TEN YEARS OF ENERGY POLICY CONFUSION
By Kathryn Porter 10 years ago today I published my first blog post, and it&rsq...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, SINTANA, STAR ENERGY
WTI (June) $95.85 +$2.89, Brent (June) $105.07 +$3.16, Diff -$9.22 +27c USNG (May) $2.61 -11...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, DELTIC, AFENTRA
WTI (June) $92.96 +$3.29, Brent (June) $101.91 +$3.43, Diff -$8.95 +14c USNG (May) $2.72 +2c...
WHAT THE GREENS, MOST MPS AND THE FT DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE NORTH SEA OIL...
Catherine McBride 1. ‘Margaret Thatcher “sold off” or “gave away&rdquo...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, KISTOS, PROSPEX, SEASCAPE
WTI (June)* $89.67 +$3.09, Brent (June) $98.48 +3.00, Diff -$8.81 +$2.94 USNG (May) $2.70 +1...
GREEN VS BASELOAD: THE MOST SUITABLE ENERGY FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY?
Kathryn Porter gave the following speech at the Cirrus Investor Conference in Namibia last we...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, REABOLD, JADESTONE, ANGUS
WTI (May) $83.85 -$10.84, Brent (June) $90.38 -$9.01, Diff -$6.53 +$1.83 USNG (May) $2.67 +2...
WHY EVERY MAJOR TRANSACTION REQUIRES A PRE TRANSACTION AUDIT
At SEO, in our experience, the most valuable work in a major transaction often happens before...
TRADE, ENERGY, AND MORE GREEN PARTY MYTHS
By Catherine McBride, OBE Why the North Sea is not a spent resource, and exported oil still be...
WESTERN BLACK SEA EXPLORATION DRILLING UPDATE
Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) have moved the Fatih drillship to the Elfani-1 well locat...
BP’S LATEST MOVE INTO NAMIBIA - MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER FARM-IN
bp’s latest move into Namibia is more than just another farm-in — it’s a signal...
THE CASE FOR ALLOWING THE JACKDAW GAS FIELD TO GO AHEAD
Professor John Underhill The outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East appears to have pr...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK OIL, BUCCANEER
WTI (May) $91.29 +1c, Brent (June) $94.93 +14c, Diff -$3.64 +13c USNG (May) $2.61 +1c, UKNG ...
NET ZERO'S DIRTY SECRET: IEA INTERVIEW
In the latest episode of Free the Power, the IEA’s occasional series looking at free ma...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SINTANA, HUNTING
WTI (May) $91.28 -$7.80, Brent (June) $94.79 -$4.57, Diff -$3.51 +$3.23 USNG (May) $2.60 -3c...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PETROTAL, BEACON, SUNDA
WTI (May) $99.08 +$2.51, Brent (June) $99.36 +$4.16, Diff -$28c USNG (May) $2.63 -2c, UKNG (...
THE MYTHICAL MARKET PRICE OF OIL
Liz Bossley The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 20...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ECO ATLANTIC
WTI (May)$96.57 -$1.30, Brent (June) $95.20 -72c, Diff +$1.37 -58c USNG (May) $2.65 -2c, UKN...
SCRAP THE CARBON TAX – BUT WHICH ONE?
By Catherine McBride OBE Scraping the carbon tax is a great idea - but the UK has more than on...
OIL PRICE, REABOLD RESOURCES, SUNDA ENERGY
WTI (May) $97.87 +$3.46, Brent (June) $95.92 +$1.17, Diff +*$1.95 -$2.29 USNG (May) $2.67 -5...
OIL PRICE, ANGUS, ZEPHYR, BUCCANEER
WTI (May) $94.41 -$18.54, Brent (June) $94.75 -$14.52, Diff -$34c* USNG (May) $2.72 -15c, UK...
UPSTREAM M&A IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: RECALIBRATING THE EXIT NARRATIVE
Robert Chambers, Actionable insights and advisory | Upstream and LNG Global upstream M&...
OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, CHARIOT, SUNDA, UOG
WTI (May) $112.95 +54c, Brent (June) $109.27 -50c, Diff +$3.68 +$1.04 USNG (May) $2.87 +6c, ...
AN ISSUE WITH 'OIL-ONLY' FPSOS
David Bamford, Director at IMMER Ltd Context Les Antony has published a remarkable anal...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, HUNTING
WTI (May) $112.41 +87c, Brent (June) $109.77 +74c, Diff +*$2.64 -$5.15 USNG (May) $2.81 +1c,...
ENERGY, ECONOMICS AND THE COST OF DENIAL
By Kathryn Porter Kemi Badenoch’s proposal to cut energy bills by £200 h...
A NEW DIRECTION OF TRAVEL FOR THE JACKDAW GAS FIELD
John Underhill University Director for Energy Transition and Professor o...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, REABOLD, ROCKHOPPER
WTI (May) $100.12 -$1.26, Brent (June) $101.16 -$2.81, Diff -$1.04 -$1.55 USNG (May) $2.82 -...
PREMEDITATED INDUSTRIAL DESTRUCTION?
How the UK destroyed its industry and a plan to reverse this By Catherine McBride OBE, D...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ARROW, PROSPEX
WTI (May) $101.38 -$1.50, Brent (June)* $103.97 -$3.25, Diff -$2.59 -$7.31 USNG (May) $2.88 ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOUCHSTONE
WTI (May) $102.88 +$3.24, Brent (May) $112.78 +21c, Diff -$9.90 -$3.03 USNG (May) $2.89 -14c...
OIL PRICE, CORCEL, JADESTONE, SINTANA, TOUCHSTONE, AFENTRA
WTI (May) $ 99.64 +$5.16, Brent (May) $112.57 +$4.56, Diff -$12.93 -60c USNG (May)* $3.03 +1...
THE GB CAPACITY MARKET IS BROKEN
By Kathryn Porter The Capacity Market was introduced with a very clear and sensible ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ARROW, JADESTONE, PROSPEX, SEASCAPE, CHARIOT, EOG
WTI (May) $94.48 +$4.16, Brent (May) $108.01 +$5.79, Diff -$13.53 +$1.63 USNG (Apr) $3.00 +5...
THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE SECURE ENERGY
Below is the speech given by Kathryn Porter at the ENVEXX oil and gas conference in London th...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, PETROTAL, ANGUS, SUNDA
WTI (May) $90.32 +$2.19, Brent (May) $102.22 +$2.28, Diff -$11.90 +9c USNG (Apr) $2.95 +6c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PHAROS, SEASCAPE
WTI (May) $92.35 +$4.22, Brent (May) $104.99 +$4.55, Diff -$12.64 +83c USNG (Apr) $2.94 +5c,...
OIL PRICE, JADESTONE, ARROW, AFENTRA
WTI (Apr) $96.14 -18c, Brent (May) $108.65 +$1.27, Diff -$12.51 +$1.45 USNG (Apr) $3.17 u/c,...
THE WEST IS "DESTROYING ITSELF": THE END OF RELIABLE ENERGY
Kathryn Porter explains why energy is civilisation and how the UK grid may be heading toward ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ANGUS, CORCEL, GKP, AFENTRA
WTI (Apr) $96.32 +11c, Brent (May) $107.38 +$3.96, Diff -$11.06 +$3.85 USNG (Apr) $3.17 +5c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, GENEL, SINTANA, JADESTONE, PROSPEX
WTI (Apr) $96.21 +$2.71, Brent (May) $103.42 +$3.21, Diff -$7.21 +50c USNG (Apr) $3.12 +10c,...
OIL PRICE, TOWER RESOURCES, BUCCANEER
WTI (Apr) $98.71 +$2.93, Brent (May) $103.14 +$1.68, Diff -$4.43 -3c USNG (Apr) $3.13 -10c, ...
YES, THE NORTH SEA COULD GIVE THE UK GAS SECURITY!
The answer both Labour and Conservative MPs were searching for on Question Time Catherine ...
SCOTLAND’S LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS
Below is the transcript of a speech given by Kathryn Porter at a Net Zero Watch event in...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, JADESTONE, REABOLD, PROSPEX
WTI (Apr) $95.73 +$8.48, Brent (May) $101.46 +$8.48, Diff -$5.73 -$1.00 USNG (Apr) $3.23 +2c...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PROSPEX, JADESTONE
WTI (Apr) $87.25 +$3.80, Brent (May) $91.98 +$4.18, Diff -$4.73 +38c USNG (Apr) $3.21 +19c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, DIVERSIFIED, ANGUS, SUNDA
WTI (Apr) $94.77 +$3.97, Brent (May) $98.96 +$6.27, Diff -$4.19 +$2.40 USNG (Apr) $3.12 -7c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BEACON
WTI (Apr) $81.01 +$6.35, Brent (May) $85.41 +$4.01, Diff -$4.40 -$2.24 USNG (Apr) $3.00 +8c,...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, HUNTING
WTI (Apr) $74.66 +10c, Brent (Apr) $81.40 u/c, Diff -$6.74 -10c USNG (Apr) $2.92 -13c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SINTANA, BUCCANEER
WTI (Apr) $71.23 +$4.21, Brent (Apr) $77.34 +39c, Diff -$6.51 -22c USNG (Apr) $2.96 +10c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ARROW, ECO, GKP, UOG
WTI (Apr) $67.02 +$1.81, Brent (May)* $77.35 +$6.42, Diff -$10.23 +$4.79 USNG (Apr) $2.86 +3...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, CORCEL, JADESTONE
WTI (Apr) $65.42 -21c, Brent (Apr) $70.85 +12c, Diff -$5.43 +33c USNG (Apr)* $2.87 +7c, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, CHARIOT
WTI (Mar) $66.43 +$1.24, Brent (Apr) $71.66 +$1.31, Diff -$5.23 +7c USNG (Mar) $3.00 -24c, U...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PETRO MATAD, BEACON, REABOLD
WTI (Mar) $62.33 -56c*, Brent (Apr) $67.42 -$1.23, Diff -$5.09* USNG (Mar) $3.03 -21c*, UKNG...
ENERGY UNWRAPPED - FIRST RESPONDER
Word association is a fast-paced dinner party word game where you respond immediately to what som...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UJO, REABOLD, ZEPHYR, BUCCANEER, HUNTING, PROSPEX, UOG
WTI (Mar) $62.89 +5c, Brent (Apr) $67.75 +23c, Diff -$4.86 +18c USNG (Mar) $3.24 +2c, UKNG (...
INDUSTRY EXPERT Q&A - DAVID BAMFORD
An experienced, passionate explorer and geophysicist, David Bamford has spent more than 40 ye...
GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS HEAT UP AS ENERGY DEMAND RISES
By Geoff Wade Though geothermal energy currently supplies less than 1 percent of the world...
READ THE SMALL PRINT... ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY APPLY
Dr Angela Needle FEI, Director of Strategy at Cadent Allocation Round 7 is finished, with ...
THE CAVE OF SWIMMERS - A WINDOW INTO HOW WE CAME TO BE?
Anthony Minghella's 1996 movie, The English Patient, is a love story set in the middle of the...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SOUTHERN, EUROPA
WTI (Mar) $62.84 -$1.79, Brent (Apr) $67.52 -$1.88, Diff -$4.68 -9c USNG (Mar) $3.22 +6c, UK...
WHY UK GEOTHERMAL IS STUCK - AND THE SEVEN ACTIONS THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
Mike Popham, Chief Executive Officer at STRYDE On the 5th of February, Project InnerSpace ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, EUROPA
WTI (Mar) $64.63 +67c, Brent (Apr) $63.40 +60c, Diff -$4.77 -7c USNG (Mar) $3.16 +4c, UKNG (...
A NEW GEOPHYSICS IS OURS FOR THE TAKING!
David Bamford, Director at IMMER Ltd Fellow Geophysicists! I think that nowadays we are...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, EUROPA, SUNDA, SOUND
WTI (Mar) $64.36 +81c, Brent (Apr) $69.04 +99c, Diff -$4.68 +18c USNG (Mar) $3.14 -28c, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BORDERS & SOUTHERN
WTI (Mar) $63.29 -$1.85, Brent (Apr) $67.55 -$1.91, Diff -$4.26 -6c USNG (Mar) $3.51 +4c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SINTANA, GULF KEYSTONE
WTI (Mar) $63.21 +$1.07, Brent (Apr) $67.33 +$1.03, Diff -$4.12 -4c USNG (Mar) $3.31 +7c, UK...
OVO ENERGY IS LOOKING SHAKY – ITS FAILURE WOULD DWARF THAT OF BULB
By Kathryn Porter Having written about the somewhat dubious goings on at Octopus Ene...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PROSPEX, GULFSANDS
WTI (Mar) $65.21 -21c, Brent (Apr)* $69.32 +88c, Diff -$4.11 -$1.18* USNG (Mar) $4.35 +42c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, EUROPA
WTI (Mar) $65.42 +$2.21, Brent (Mar) $70.71 +$2.31, Diff -$5.29 +10c USNG (Mar) $3.92 +19c, ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, DEC, ARROW, PROSPEX, UOG, BUCCANEER, TOWER
WTI (Mar) $62.39 +$1.76, Brent (Mar) $67.57 +$1.98, Diff -$5.18 +22c USNG (Feb) $6.95 +15c, ...
OCTOPUS AND KRAKEN ARE SWIMMING IN MURKY WATERS
By Kathryn Porter on 27 January 2026 I’m writing this in the middle of the night dur...
DRAX OCGTS HIGHLIGHTS GROWING CAPACITY MARKET IRRATIONALITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The GB Capacity Market was introduced with a clear and ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, SINTANA, ROCKHOPPER
WTI (Mar)* $60.36 +64c, Brent (Mar) $64.92 +99c, Diff -$4.56 +6c* USNG (Feb) $3.91 +81c, UKN...
CRYSTOL ENERGY CEO ADMITTED TO THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON
Crystol Energy announces that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Carole Nakhle, has been admitt...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PETROTAL
WTI (Feb) $59.44 u/c*, Brent (Mar) $63.94 -19c, Diff -$4.50 u/c* USNG (Feb) $3.10 u/c*, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PROSPEX, UNITED OIL & GAS
WTI (Feb) $59.44 +25c, Brent (Mar) $64.13 +37c, Diff -$4.69 +12c USNG (Feb) $3.10 -3c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SAVANNAH, ROCKHOPPER, EOG
WTI (Feb) $59.19 -$2.83, Brent (Mar) $63.76 -$2.80, Diff -$4.57 +3c USNG (Feb) $3.13 +1c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, HUNTING, REABOLD
WTI (Feb) $62.02 +87c, Brent (Mar) $66.56 +$1.09, Diff -$4.54 +22c USNG (Feb) $3.12 -30c, UK...
COMMENTARY: JERSEY OIL & GAS, ECO, UNITED OIL & GAS
Jersey Oil & Gas Jersey Oil & Gas has provided a corporate update and outlook for ...
OIL PRICE, PETROTAL, SAVANNAH, HUNTING, AFENTRA, SEASCAPE, ECO
WTI (Feb) $59.50 +38c, Brent (Mar) $63.87 +53c, Diff -$4.37 +15c USNG (Feb) $3.41 +24c, UKNG...
FLARING & EMISSIONS, STABROEK BLOCK, OFFSHORE GUYANA
David Bamford, Director at IMMER Ltd Les Antony has published a remarkable analysis, based...
ELECTRIFICATION – CAN THE GRID COPE?
By Kathryn Porter Electrification has become the default answer to almost every energy and...
OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, REABOLD, PROSPEX
WTI (Feb) $59.12 +$1.36, Brent (Mar) $63.34 +$1.35, Diff -$4.22 -1c USNG (Feb) $3.17 -24c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, KISTOS, REABOLD, PREDATOR
WTI (Feb) $55.99 -$1.14, Brent (Mar) $59.96 -74c, Diff -$3.97 +40c USNG (Feb) $3.53 +18c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PROSPEX, REABOLD
WTI (Feb) $58.32 +$1.00, Brent (Mar) $61.76 +$1.01, Diff -$3.44 USNG (Feb) $3.52 -10c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOUCHSTONE
WTI (Feb) $57.32 -10c, Brent (Mar) $60.75 -10c, Diff -$3.43 -22c USNG (Feb) $3.62 -7c, UKNG ...
THE MIRAGE OF “WAR FOR OIL” IN VENEZUELA
Cyril Widdershoven Visionary geopolitical strategist with a sharp focus on commodities, ge...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PHAROS, EUROPA OIL & GAS
WTI (Feb) $57.42 -53c, Brent (Mar)* $60.85 -6c, Diff -$3.65 +27c* USNG (Feb) $3.69 -28c, UKN...
2025: THE YEAR ENERGY SECURITY THREATS BEGAN TO MANIFEST
2025 could come to be characterised as the year the lights began to flicker across Europe as thre...
VESTAS SECURES 102 MW ORDER IN ITALY FROM EDISON
Vestas has received an order totalling 102 MW for two wind projects in Italy from long-standing p...
OFFSHORE PIPELINE CLOSURE RISK: THE HIDDEN THREAT TO GB ENERGY SECURITY
On the same day that Rachel Reeves was announcing her Autumn Budget, the National Energy Syst...
WESTERN BLACK SEA EXPLORATION UPDATE
Drillship Globetrotter-1 has spudded the Vinekh-1 exploration well (December 21st 2025). V...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, CORCEL, ROCKHOPPER
WTI (Feb)* $56.62 -51c, Brent (Feb) $60.47+65c, Diff -$3.95 +28c. USNG (Jan) $3.98 +7c, UKNG...
THREE WISE MEN, ZERO INERTIA
With apologies to TS Eliot… A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time o...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, BP, ARROW, DELTIC
WTI (Jan) $55.94 +67c, Brent (Feb) $59.68 +76c, Diff -$3.74 +9c USNG (Jan) $4.02 +13c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA, HUNTING
WTI (Jan) $56.82 -62c, Brent (Feb) $60.56 -56c, Diff -$3.74 +6c USNG (Jan) $4.01 -10c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, KISTOS, PETRO MATAD
WTI (Jan) $57.60 -86c, Brent (Feb) $61.28 -93c, Diff -$3.68 -7c USNG (Jan) $4.23 -37c, UKNG ...
2025: A YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
The year of election consequences. 2024 was the year of elections with 7 of the 10 larg...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, CORCEL, SOUND
WTI (Jan) $60.08 +41c, Brent (Feb) $63.75 +49c, Diff -$3.67 +8c USNG (Feb) $5.29 +23c, UKNG ...
GLOBAL OIL AND GAS TRENDS BY REGION – READING THE TEA LEAVES…
Dave Waters, Director/Geoscience Consultant, Paetoro Consulting UK Ltd. Subsurface resource r...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, HUNTING
WTI (Jan) $58.55 -10c, Brent (Feb)* $62.38 -$1.21, Diff -$3.83 -86c USNG (Jan) $4.85 +29c, U...
KEYFACTS ENERGY Q&A: UISDEAN VASS, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT VASSPETRO
Uisdean has over 40 years of experience in the world oil industry. After finishing Scottish l...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ARROW, JOG, SERICA, BUCCANEER
WTI (Jan) $58.65 +70c, Brent (Jan) $63.13 +65c, Diff -$5.48 -5c USNG (Jan) $4.56 +3c, UKNG (...
COMMENTARY: JADESTONE
Jadestone Energy I recently visited Jadestone’s flagship Akatara Gas Processing faci...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ANGUS, PROSPEX
WTI (Jan)* $59.00 +90c, Brent (Jan) $63.38 -13c, Diff -$4.38 +31c* USNG (Dec) $4.47 -8c, UKN...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, ZEPHYR, EUROPA
WTI (Dec) $59.44 -$1.30, Brent (Jan) $63.51 -$1.38, Diff -$4.07 -8c USNG (Dec) $4.55 +18c, U...
OIL PRICE, AFENTRA, ECO ATLANTIC, ITHACA
WTI (Dec) $60.74 +83c, Brent (Jan) $64.89 +69c, Diff -$4.15 +14c USNG (Dec) $4.37 +1c, UKNG ...
RELIEF FOR THE CHANCELLOR AS UK INFLATION FALLS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MAY
Professor Joe Nellis is economic adviser at MHA, the accountancy and advisory firm The UK ...
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
With COP30 about to start in Belem, Brazil, and around 50,000 people descending upon the small po...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, GULF KEYSTONE, PROSPEX, TOWER
WTI (Dec) $60.09 +$1.40, Brent (Jan) $64.39 +$1.38, Diff -$4.30 -2c USNG (Dec) $4.57 -8c, UKNG (...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, GENEL, ARROW, UNITED OIL & GAS
WTI (Dec) $61.04 +91c, Brent (Jan) $65.16 +$1.10, Diff -$4.12 +19c USNG (Dec) $4.57 +23c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SERICA
WTI (Nov) $60.13 +38c, Brent (Jan) $64.06 +43c, Diff -$3.93 +5c USNG (Dec) $4.34 +2c, UKNG (...
OIL PRICE, SERICA, SINTANA, JADESTONE
WTI (Dec) $61.05 +7c, Brent (Jan)* $64.89 +12c, Diff -$3.84 USNG (Dec) $4.27 +3c, UKNG (Dec)...
COMMENTARY - INDONESIA SPECIAL: ANGUS, BUCCANEER, JADESTONE
Angus Energy Production from the Saltfleetby Field in the Third Quarter of 2025 was 374 mi...
GHOSTS ON THE GRID: WHY THE PHANTOM CONCEPT OF VARS RISKS OUR ENERGY SECURITY
Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic With the Feast of All Hallows rapidly approaching I thought it ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, HUNTING- MG-W VISIT TO FES INTERNATIONAL
WTI (Dec) $60.48 +33c, Brent (Dec) $64.92 +52c, Diff -$4.44 +19c USNG (Dec)* $3.80 -2c, UKNG...
MILIBAND'S AR7 BUDGET DESTROYS HIS CP2030 PLAN
The AR7 Budget for offshore wind will not deliver CP2030 but will impoverish us all David ...
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: MANAGING VOLTAGE IN WEAK GRIDS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Warnings have emerged of the potential for further blackouts...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, TOWER, BUCCANEER, PETROFAC
WTI (Nov) $57.46 -81c, Brent (Dec) $61.06 -85c, Diff -$3.60 -4c. USNG (Nov) $2.94 -11c, UKNG...
COMMENTARY: PETROTAL, CORCEL
PetroTal Corp PetroTal has provided the following operational and financial updates. All a...
OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, REABOLD
WTI (Nov) $61.51 -$1.04, Brent (Dec) $65.22 -$1.03, Diff -$3.71 +1c USNG (Nov) $3.27 -5c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, UNION JACK, PHAROS, DELTIC, B&S, PETRO MATAD
WTI (Nov) $63.41 +$1.13, Brent (Nov) $67.63 +$1.06, Diff -$4.22 -7c USNG (Oct) $2.85 +4c, UK...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, PETROTAL
WTI (Oct) $62.68 -89c, Brent (Nov) $66.68-76c, Diff -$4.00 +13c USNG (Oct) $2.89 -4c, UKNG (Oct)...
SOLVING THE ITALIAN GEOTHERMAL PARADOX
From Stagnation to Partnership through Energy Communities Roberto Gambini, Co-Founder - Co...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, SAVANNAH, PREDATOR
WTI (Oct) $63.57 -48c, Brent (Nov) $67.44 -51c, Diff -$3.87 -3c USNG (Oct) $2.94 -16c, UKNG (Oct...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, AFENTRA
WTI (Oct) $63.48 -49c, Brent (Nov) $66.99 -61c, Diff -$3.51 -12c USNG (Oct) $3.07 +1c, UKNG ...
COMMENTARY: OIL PRICE, JERSEY OIL & GAS
WTI (Oct) $63.97 -$1.62, Brent (Nov) $67.60 -$1.54, Diff -$3.63 -18c USNG (Oct) $3.06 +5c, U...
AC VC DC: WHO WOULD WIN A MODERN BATTLE OF THE CURRENTS?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Recently, I was asked: what if Edison had won the ...
THE UK'S ENERGY OMNISHAMBLES!
David Bamford Director at Future Energy Publishing Energy supply in the UK – and Eu...
ASPS FOR AR7 PROVE RENEWABLES ARE NOT CHEAP
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced ...
NUCLEAR REGULATION: PRAGMATISM NOT PARALYSIS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Britain’s civil nuclear programme stands at a critical...
VOLTAGE, INERTIA AND THE IBERIAN BLACKOUT, PART 2
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage ...
VOLTAGE, INERTIA AND THE IBERIAN BLACKOUT PART 1: THE THEORY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage ...
ENERGY TRANSITION - WHERE ARE WE AT?
Dave Waters Director/Geoscience Consultant, Paetoro Consulting UK Ltd. Subsurface resource r...
NORTH HYDE SUBSTATION FIRE: REPORT REVEALS POOR MAINTENANCE CULTURE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week, the National Energy System Operator (“NESO&...
SHOULD NESO BE ALLOWED TO LOWER ITS MINIMUM INERTIA REQUIREMENT?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In my latest column for the Daily Telegraph I disc...
HIGH WIND AND FORECASTING ERRORS CAUSE HAVOC ON THE GB GRID
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Yesterday demonstrated some of the challenges of high wind g...
UK SPENT £220 BILLION ON DECARBONISATION AND SAW ZERO FINANCIAL BENEFITS...
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with independent energy consultant Kathryn Porter who says Bri...
IBERIAN BLACKOUT SHOWS THE DANGERS OF OPERATING POWER GRIDS WITH LOW INERTIA
Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week there was a widespread blackout across Iberia which a...
NET ZERO REALISM LEAVES UK GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY ISOLATED
Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In the 9th anniversary of the start of my blog, I’m feeli...
ENERGY UNWRAPPED BY CHRIS SLADEN
20 Questions 20 Questions is a game where questions are asked with ‘yes or no&rsqu...
ENERGY UNWRAPPED BY CHRIS SLADEN
Drinking it in It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents forming small r...
HEATHROW BLACKOUT HIGHLIGHTS INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Late on Thursday night a fire broke out at the North Hyde su...
NORWAY TURNING AWAY FROM ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTION
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Norway is turning away from electricity interconnection as i...
THE FORGOTTEN FIRST WELL DRILLED IN THE NORTH SEA
Soon after Hitler came to power, in May 1934, Germany issued a new petroleum law that obliged...
BLACKOUT RISKS IN THE GB GRID
Today Net Zero Watch has published a new report I’ve written on the risks of ...
MILIBAND’S CHEAPER ELECTRICITY CLAIMS DO NOT ADD UP
David Turver We spend around £6-8bn per year on gas for electricity, so how can spending...
THE PRICE OF OIL: WHEN DOES “COMPLEX” BECOME “TOO COMPLICATED”?
"Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else wou...
“TRUST ME, I’M A DOCTOR” – NESO’S APPROACH TO TRANSPARENCY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The National Energy System Operator (“NESO”) has...
NESO FORECASTING ERRORS: THE SILENT THREAT TO ENERGY SECURITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic My blog post on the threat to energy security on 8...
BLACKOUTS NEAR MISS IN TIGHEST DAY IN GB ELECTRICITY MARKET SINCE 2011
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Yesterday saw a blackout near miss in what turned out to be ...
WATT-LOGIC RESPONDS TO TRUMP COMMENTS WITH TIPS FOR US ENERGY POLICY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Writing my review of 2024 got me thinking about th...
FORTUNATELY AI CAN’T (YET) REPLACE THE WATT-LOGIC BLOG!
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Trying to catch up on my CPD for the year, I just listened t...
REVIEW OF ENERGY MARKETS IN 2024
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Every year I summarise the previous year’s energy news...
DEMAND-SIDE RESPONSE IS FALLING WHEN NET ZERO PLANS NEED IT TO RISE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In 2022, National Grid ESO (now NESO, the National Energy Sy...
CHRISTMAS MYTHS AND MINCE PIES
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic There are many strange myths and traditions relating to Chri...
UNREALISTIC PLANS FOR THE CCGT FLEET
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In its Clean Power 2030 plan, system operator, NES...
CHALLENGING THE MYTHS OF THE RENEWABLES AND INTERCONNECTORS MODEL
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In the past few years, we have been repeatedly told by the s...
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR HYBRID HEAT PUMP SOLUTIONS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Today I have published a new report into the heat pumps mark...
BROKEN RETAIL PRICES CAP INCREASES AGAIN
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic With the start of October, the new retail price cap for Brit...
WHAT’S NEXT FOR EUROPEAN GAS PRICES?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic European gas prices have fallen significantly from the highs...
MAKING THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR POWER
Last week I have attended a couple of different events on the subject of nuclear power, and how t...
RELYING ON ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTORS ADDS TO MARKET RISK
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week the Global Warming Policy Foundation has published...
ENERGY MATTERS: THE LAST EDITION
Not out! This month it is 50 years since I headed off to University to study geology! And that...
COMMENTARY: A PILOT PLANT FOR NET ZERO
By Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA Executive Director of the Saltbush Club and Founder of ...
THE URANIUM FUEL SUPPLIES ARE HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
In my second post on uranium I look at mining and conversion. My previous post can be found&n...
COMMENTARY: FINCH V SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
Uisdean VassUisdean Vass, Managing Director at VassPetro Limited. Petroleum Law Specialists ...
COMMENTARY: BATTERIES ON BOATS AND TRAINS?
By Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA, Executive Director of the Saltbush Club and Founder of the C...
LONGBOAT ENERGY ANNOUNCES EXIT FROM NORWAY
Longboat Energy, an emerging full-cycle E&P company, has reached agreement to sell its 50.1% ...
ENERGY MATTERS – WHAT IS IN YOUR IN-TRAY?
In Mexico, the votes have been counted. The next President and her incoming Administration will f...
INTERCONNECTORS REPORT AVAILABLE FOR PEER REVIEW
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The GB electricity market has become increasingly reliant on...
YOU CAN AVOID REALITY, BUT YOU CANNOT AVOID THE CONSEQUENCES OF AVOIDING REALITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic My blog is 8 years old today! The past year has seen my b...
ENERGY MATTERS – MIDNIGHT OIL?
No, this is not an article about the end of the petroleum industry. Neither is it about peak oil....
STREAMLINING NUCLEAR REGULATION IS ESSENTIAL IF TARGETS ARE TO BE MET
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Nuclear regulation is widely seen as strangling the delivery...
GOVERNMENT PUSHES FOR MORE GAS GENERATION TO SUPPORT ENERGY SECURITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Today the Government has announced a new consultat...
TORNESS NUCLEAR POWER STATION: CLEAN ENERGY IN ACTION
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last month I had the pleasure of visiting Torness nuclear po...
VIARO ENERGY SECURES NSTA LICENCE APPROVAL FOR BRESSAY ACQUISITION
Viaro Energy, the independent British energy company operating in the UKCS North Sea and the Neth...
NEW REPORT: GAS NETWORK DECOMMISSIONING
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In recent months questions have been asked around the future...
ADNOC AND BP TO FORM GAS JOINT VENTURE
ADNOC and bp have agreed to form a new joint venture (JV) in Egypt. The JV (51% bp and 49% ADNOC)...
RELYING ON INTERCONNECTORS FOR IMPORTS CARRIES RISKS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Britian’s latest subsea interconnector, the 1.4 GW&nbs...
LIBYA’S UPHILL STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT OIL INVESTMENT
Dr Carole Nakhle Libya was once a very significant player in global oil markets. In 1970, ...
TEAM HOI SOLVING ‘ONE OF THE MANAGEMENT ISSUES OF THE DECADE’
TEAMWORK: Andy Todd, Edinburgh-based director of the Alternative Board (TAB), and Louise Barn...
DISAPPOINTING ROADMAP AND AGR RETIREMENTS RISK PERIODS OF NO NUCLEAR FROM 2028
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The past few weeks have been full for interesting developmen...
CRITICAL MINERALS FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION: RARE EARTH METALS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In this final post in my series on minerals critical&nb...
CRITICAL MINERALS FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION: COPPER AND ALUMINIUM
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Following on from my post about the need to secure crit...
RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, ME & NORTH AFRICA – PICKING WHICH ENERGY RACE TO RUN
Dave Waters Director/Geoscience Consultant, Paetoro Consulting UK Ltd. Subsurface resource r...
ENERGY MARKET OUTLOOK – WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN 2024?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Yesterday I reviewed the key market themes in 2023...
ENERGY MARKET REVIEW OF 2023
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic At the end of each year, I like to look back at the past yea...
FORGOTTEN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In days past, Christmas looked very different to what it doe...
COST OF ENERGY DEBTS MAY BE ADDED TO PRICE CAP
Today Ofgem has launched a couple of new price cap consultations (wholesale costs revie...
GRANGEMOUTH CLOSURE HAS ECHOES OF ROUGH GAS STORAGE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Eighteen months ago I wrote a blog entitled: Cakism in ...
ENERGY MATTERS – A COLD SHOWER
As we wrap up 2023 and prepare to send our reports and summaries to our bosses, Head Office, and ...
PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE UK
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week my nuclear paper for the Global Warming Policy Fou...
MORE HARM THAN GOOD: SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS DISCLOSURES RISK BEING TOO BROAD
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The other evening, I was a panellist at an event bringing to...
HOSTILE POLITICAL ATTITUDE TO NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS THREATENS ENERGY SECURITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Despite the recent high-profile approval of the Roseban...
MAJOR HEADWINDS THREATEN OFF-SHORE WIND TARGETS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The pervasive narratives about off-shore wind in recent year...
HEAVY INDUSTRY IS HARD TO DE-CARBONISE – SMALL-SCALE NUCLEAR COULD BE THE ANSWER
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In my latest article for The Telegraph, I discuss the l...
CFD AUCTION ROUND FAILURE UNDERSCORES GOVERNMENT’S WRONG THINKING ON SUBSIDIES
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Earlier this month, the UK Government completed it...
STABILISING US POWER GRIDS USING SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSERS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Recent posts have explored some of the issues the US power g...
ARE WE SEEING SIGNS OF A US NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic There appear to be some tentative signs of a US nuclear rena...
HOPE IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE STRATEGY: NEW POLICY RISKS US ELECTRICITY SHORTFALLS
In my previous post I covered the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and the way cha...
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WILL BOOST RENEWABLES BUT WON’T BE ENOUGH FOR NET...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The USA has often been seen as at the forefront of the energ...
ENERGY MATTERS – AS EASY AS 1-2-3
The origins of the pub quiz date back to the 1950s. They quickly became an opportunity to test yo...
THE MYTH THAT RENEWABLES ARE CHEAP PERSISTS IN PART DUE TO THE FLAWED USE OF ...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In my latest article for The Telegraph, I revisit the m...
ELECTRIC CARS ARE NOT AS SUSTAINABLE AS PEOPLE THINK
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Earlier this week the Telegraph published an opinion piece I...
APPROACHES TO ESG INVESTING ARE BEGINNING TO CHANGE, AND NOT BEFORE TIME
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic There has been mixed news on the subject of ESG (E...
HOW BEST TO ENSURE ENERGY MARKET COMPETITION? ABOLISH THE PRICE CAP FOR A START
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Hot on the heels of widespread annoyance over energy supplie...
CONTROVERSIAL COST RECOVERY SEES BRITISH GAS PROFITS RISE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week Centrica announced its interim results, ...
IS IT TIME TO PROPERLY REGULATE THE REGULATORS?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic I have frequently been critical of Ofgem in its regulation o...
IS THE HYDROGEN NET ZERO DREAM STARTING TO FLOAT AWAY?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week I had an opinion piece published in The Telegraph ...
THE VULNERABILITY OF THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET
Dave Waters, Director & Geoscience Consultant, Paetoro Consulting UK Ltd Many react to...
ARE THE FES USEFUL? HOW DO THE SCENARIOS COMPARE WITH ACTUAL DATA?
Two years ago, National Grid ESO’s Future Energy Scenarios (“FES”) celebrated t...
OPEN PEER REVIEW: PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR GENERATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic I have written a paper for the Global Warming Policy Foundat...
FIXING GRID CONNECTION DELAYS NEEDS MAJOR REGULATORY REFORM
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The issue of grid connection delays has garnered a lot of at...
NAO REPORTS ON SMART METER ROLLOUT WHICH IT SAYS IS AT A CRUCIAL POINT
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On 14 June, the National Audit Office (“NAO”)&nb...
GAS PRICE VOLATILITY SHOWS THE ONGOING FRAGILITY OF THE MARKET
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The past couple of weeks have seen unusually high levels of ...
NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR UK COAL POWER STATIONS TO CLOSE NEXT YEAR
Along with most everyone else in the energy market I have been of the opinion that coal power sta...
EARLY WINTER OUTLOOK CONFIMS OUR RELIANCE ON INTERCONNECTORS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic As the country basks in a heatwave, National Grid ESO has pu...
TIME TO ACCEPT THAT WIND FARM COSTS ARE NOT FALLING
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic There has been a consistent narrative that the cost of build...
AS THE PRICE CAP FALLS BELOW THE EPG, IS THE ENERGY MARKET SET TO RE-OPEN?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On 25 May, Ofgem announced the new price cap level that will...
FRENCH ENERGY REPORT SEEKS RETURN OF “ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY”
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On 30 March, the French Parliament published a report entitl...
WINDFALL TAX HARMS OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND MUST BE CUT
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In May last year, the UK Government introduced a windfall ta...
OFGEM MOVES FORWARD ON FINANCIAL RESILIENCE AND RINGFENCING
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic For the past year Ofgem has been trying to address concerns ...
FORCED PRE-PAYMENT METER INSTALLATIONS: A SCANDAL IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Back in February The Times published an exposé into t...
APPLICATION FOR A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE SALE OF BULB FAILS
...but there may be an appeal By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Two weeks ago I summarised ...
ENERGY INDUSTRIES CLUB SPEECH ON ENERGY SECURITY
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Energy Industries Club dinner on the subj...
WILL THERE BE A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE SALE OF BULB TO OCTOPUS?
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic At the end of February I attended five of the six sessions o...
RELYING ON AGING NUCLEAR REACTORS POSES RISKS TO ENERGY SECURITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week came the welcome news that EDF will extend the liv...
A LATE COLD SNAP DELIVERS AN EMN AND THE TIGHTEST DAY OF THE WINTER SO FAR
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Over the past few days forecasters have been warning of a co...
THE POWER OF PROCESS: LESS WHAT WE CHOOSE THAN HOW WE CHOOSE IT
Dave Waters, Director & Geoscience Consultant, Paetoro Consulting UK Ltd Choice and Vo...
AWARD-WINNING BUSINESS NETWORKER SHARES INSIGHTS WITH BOOK RELEASE
An award-winning networker has announced the release of his new book to help individuals and comp...
RECORD PRICE SET FOR THE T-4 CAPACITY AUCTION REFLECTS INCREASINGLY TIGHT MARKET
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week the T-4 capacity auction for delivery in 2026-27 c...
T-1 CAPACITY MARKET AUCTION CLEARS WITH A HIGH PRICE AND SOME INTERESTING QUE...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last week saw the T-1 capacity market auction clear at its s...
CENTRICA’S RECORD PROFITS CREATE OUTRAGE, MUCH OF IT UNFAIR
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Centrica announced record profits of £3.3 billion (act...
THE OCTOPUS TAKEOVER OF BULB IS THE SUBJECT OF A LEGAL CHALLENGE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The Octopus takeover of Bulb which was announced in November...
NORWAY ACTS TO RESTRICT ELECTRICITY EXPORTS AND PROTECT SECURITY OF SUPPLY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last year I warned repeatedly that Norway can not be expecte...
THE DFS WAS ACTIVATED FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT WAS IT REALLY NEEDED?
This week National Grid ESO has activated its Demand Flexibility Service (“DFS”) ...
EXPENSIVE ENERGY SUBSIDIES TO BE SCALED BACK
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Back in October, the Government put in place energy subsidie...
WAR IN UKRAINE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE ENERGY MARKETS IN 2023
It’s always interesting at the start of the year to look back at what I was thinking this t...
ENERGY MATTERS – OUT OF SHAPE?
Over-indulgence during the festive season? Again? One too many hangovers? A touch of mental angui...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS DINNER
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Last year’s Christmas blog, while definitely tongue in...
THE EU GAS PRICE CAP MAY DISTURB THE MARKETS TO LITTLE BENEFIT
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week the EU finally acted on gas prices by agreeing a c...
GOVERNMENT BRUSHES OFF BEIS SELECT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In July, the BEIS Select Committee published a damning repor...
THE FIRST CAPACITY MARKET NOTICE OF WINTER 22 INDICATES DIFFICULT TIMES AHEAD
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Just after 2:30 yesterday afternoon, National Grid ESO issue...
DEPRESSING AUTUMN STATEMENT INTRODUCES NEW TAXES AND CUTS CONSUMER SUPPORT
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic The new Chancellor. Jeremy Hunt, issued a new Budget for the...
STRESS CORROSION CONTINUES TO TROUBLE THE FRENCH NUCLEAR FLEET
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week EDF updated its expectations for its nuclear fleet...
DEMAND FLEXIBILITY SERVICE ALLOWS HOUSEHOLDS TO PARTICIPATE IN DSR FOR THE FI...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On the 4th November 2022, National Gris ESO officially launc...
SALE OF BULB TO OCTOPUS ENERGY SHOULD FINALLY CAP THE BILL FOR CONSUMERS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Over the weekend, the Government announced that failed suppl...
EUROPEAN GAS MARKETS REMAIN VOLATILE: DEMAND REDUCTION WILL BE KEY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic In addition to the electricity winter outlook, National...
UK GOVERNMENT ENERGY PRICE SUPPORT SCHEMES CREATING UNCERTAINTY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On Monday, the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, shocked the ener...
NG ESO’S WINTER OUTLOOK STILL UNDERSTATES RISKS AND FOCUSES ON DEMAND REDUCTION
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Today, National Gird ESO published its Winter Outlook for 20...
BUSINESS ENERGY SUPPORT MAXIMUM DISCOUNT LOWER THAN EXPECTED
The Government has updated the maximum discount levels available to businesses through the Energy...
POSSIBLE SABOTAGE PUTS NORD STREAM PIPELINES OUT OF USE
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Gas has been found to be leaking from the Nord Stream pipeli...
BUSINESS ENERGY SUPPORT SCHEME CAPS PRICES FOR NON-DOMESTIC CONSUMERS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This morning the Government has announced the measures it is...
NORD STREAM 1 REMAINS CLOSED BUT EUROPE IS COPING
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic I began this post over the first weekend in September when I...
ENERGY PRICE GUARANTEE TO SUPPORT HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES THIS WINTER
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic This week the new Prime Minister announced the long-awaited ...
DEALING WITH HIGH ENERGY PRICES – A MESSAGE TO JACOB REES-MOGG
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic With the largely expected news that Liz Truss would become t...
RENEWED INTEREST IN NUCLEAR AS ENERGY CRISIS DEEPENS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Nuclear power may be on the verge of a global renaissance ju...
GREEN & DIGITAL. THE TWIN TRANSITION
Justin Anderson ESG Technology, Innovation | Former Head of Technology CoE KPMG Intern...
REDUCE ENERGY WASTE TO TACKLE ENERGY SECURITY AND AFFORDABILITY
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic With the growing energy crisis across Europe there are calls...
THE ENERGY CRISIS REQUIRES AN URGENT RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Over the past few days I have been invited to comment in the...
CAPACITY MARKET NOTICES IN SUMMER ARE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE WINTER
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic On Monday 18 July, National Grid ESO issued two Capacity Mar...
MORE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE NOT LOCATIONAL PRICING IS THE SOLUTION TO NETWORK CO...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic There has been a lot of noise recently about the prospect of...
THE EARTH RESOURCE, ENGINEERING & ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT (EREED)
Who ya gonna call? Resource Busters. Dave Waters, Director & Geoscience Consultant...
ENERGY MATTERS – ANOTHER FINE MESS
Energy matters – Another fine mess Chris Sladen Perhaps the greatest ever catchphrase i...
ENERGY MATTERS – BLOW THE WHISTLE, WE HAVE REACHED HALF-TIME
Are you worried about your mid-year performance review? Probably you have not seen your boss face...
ENERGY MATTERS – ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
Supercomputers are nothing new to the energy sector. They are used to process seismic data for lo...
ENERGY MATTERS – PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Britain’s most popular radio program each morning carries a short feature, known as ‘...
ENERGY MATTERS – WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
In 1956, the year I was born, Cole Porter wrote the song ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?&rs...
ENERGY MATTERS – FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Ready to face a dinner party or barbecue? With lockdowns, shielding and a general reluctance to e...