Biden to Announce New Actions to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security...

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:16pm |

Encourage Production, and Bring Down Costs

JUST IN - Biden to release 15 million more oil barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in December.https://t.co/t8GqsTForD
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 18, 2022

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/18/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-new-actions-to-strengthen-u-s-energy-security-encourage-production-and-bring-down-costs/

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it's the world inflation, stupids:

Biden Shamelessly Depletes Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve To Buy Midterm Votes For Democratshttps://t.co/EY1jH5lJSe
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) October 19, 2022

consider this, with winter coming:

World’s top 10 producers of natural gas, 2021 (billion cubic meters):

US: 934.2
Russia: 701.7
Iran: 256.7
China: 209.2
Qatar: 177.0
Canada: 172.3
Australia: 147.2
Saudi Arabia: 117.3
Norway: 114.3
Algeria: 100.8
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) October 19, 2022

and this:

Associated Press: "EU preparing sanctions against Iran over Russia drone sales" https://t.co/FEEwIgBhW3
— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) October 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:20pm

possibly related?

Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP made a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart & White House officials about "shared security concerns" including Ukraine and Russia, a source and an official said.
w/ @Stone_SkyNews @jamesmatthewsky https://t.co/o4saKjyQg7
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) October 18, 2022

and this?

BREAKING:

The Ukrainian Parliament has passed a draft law on severing diplomatic relations with Iran and recognizing it as a terrorist state.

Via @RubrykaEng pic.twitter.com/zTClB026tc
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 19, 2022

there's a world game of chess going on, to be sure.

Seeing lots of commentary along the lines of "why isn't Biden being tougher on Saudi Arabia?" Is that in our best interest right now? "MAGA" .> not just a former president's slogan?

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/19/2022 - 2:31pm

Few thoughts on the latest U.S. energy supply announcements

1/7 Just weeks after passing historic climate legislation to slash oil demand, it's striking to see President Biden trying to provide certainty on oil demand to incentivize the industry to invest in supply. https://t.co/FYAKy8C3lU
— Jason Bordoff (@JasonBordoff) October 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 12:02pm

Fmr. @FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee: “I want to start by noting what an outright tragedy, a humanitarian tragedy we’re witnessing before our eyes in Ukraine right now. And in many ways, it is an energy driven crisis.” pic.twitter.com/wnmD3U40w1
— Axios (@axios) October 17, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 12:27pm

Highly Unusual Disclosure Made Of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine's Presence In Arabian Sea https://t.co/0W3A0lN8jP
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) October 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 2:54pm

One of our most-read stories, only covered by 2 sources:

White House is pushing ahead research to cool Earth by reflecting back sunlighthttps://t.co/8Y1VmjGdKH
— Ground News (@Ground_app) October 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 3:20pm

https://t.co/i1UrRR3g6f

More than 300 union members in offshore drilling and maintenance rejected a pay offer.
— Alan Henderson (@HendersonAlan) October 20, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 3:27pm

European leaders are trying to guarantee hundreds of billions of euros in funding to help squeezed energy firms ahead of a volatile winter https://t.co/DfQaT3rhKB
— Bloomberg (@business) October 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 1:30pm

Germany boosts coal-fired generation to ensure there are enough electricity supplies to make it through the winter amid curtailed natural gas supplies from Russia https://t.co/bPLTMx7vJd
— Bloomberg (@business) October 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 1:33pm

Blinken said the US will move forward with re-evaluating its relationship with Saudi Arabia because of the "wrong decision" by OPEC Plus to cut oil production next month. The White House has said Saudi Arabia's move helps Russia. https://t.co/Tvqj4cfHiW
— Edward Wong (@ewong) October 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 1:41am

Welp.
“American officials said that, even days before the OPEC Plus decision, they had received assurances from the crown prince there would be no production cuts”
Great story from ⁦@MarkMazzettiNYT⁩ ⁦@adamentous⁩ https://t.co/ydIoUXDyll
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 26, 2022

"What happened over the last half-year is a story of handshake agreements, wishful thinking, missed signals and finger-pointing over broken promises." https://t.co/0FBKbqvRd2
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 1:53am

War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says

While some nations are burning more coal this year in response to natural-gas shortages spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, that effect is expected to be short-lived.

@ NYTimes.com, Oct. 27

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 11:21am

not a minor topic in PA:

Fetterman is asked about previously saying he wanted to eliminate fracking:

"I support fracking and I don't I support fracking and I stand and I do support fracking." pic.twitter.com/JWE20t3kWi
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 11:23am

Poland has chosen the US as its partner in the construction of the country's first nuclear power station. France and South Korea had also hoped to win the contract.

"A strong Polish-US alliance guarantees the success of our joint initiatives," says the PMhttps://t.co/dBhnsWUWQ3
— Notes from Poland (@notesfrompoland) October 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 5:26pm

Qatar plans to use its massive liquefied natural gas expansion to transform the nation into the world’s top trader of the super-chilled fuel https://t.co/TFc8921YCO
— Bloomberg (@business) October 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/31/2022 - 2:04am

yikes, Joe slipped up and didn't pay homage to the west virginny coal miners

APOLOGIZE TO COAL! https://t.co/T32h2FlD1d
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) November 5, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/05/2022 - 5:06pm

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