The Shifting Front Lines of the Ukraine Conflict

At one point during a grueling 110-day tour in the obliterated frontline Ukrainian city of Toretsk, Dmytro, a soldier with Ukraine’s 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, listened in to the radio traffic among Russian soldiers. “We repeatedly heard commanders’ orders to...

Google Bets Big on Nuclear Fusion

For decades, researchers have been assessing the potential to develop nuclear fusion reactors, capable of producing abundant clean energy. However, despite several breakthroughs in recent years, most scientists agree that we are far from achieving the commercial...

Pipeline Disruption Slashes Ecuador Output by 133,000 bpd

Ecuador’s state oil company, Petroecuador, has declared force majeure on its operations after both major crude pipelines, SOTE and OCP, halted flows due to worsening erosion in the Amazonian province of Napo. The company suspended activities this week to prevent...

OPEC+ Surprises With Oversized Output Hike

OPEC+ will ramp up oil production more aggressively than anticipated in August, accelerating the rollback of its 2023 voluntary supply cuts in a bid to capture market share amid peak summer demand. At a virtual meeting Saturday, eight core members led by Saudi Arabia...