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Japan's $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Japan has committed $36 billion as the first tranche of its $550-billion U.S. investment pledge under last year’s trade deal, including plans to build a 9.2 GW natural gas power plant in Ohio. The remaining funds will support a synthetic diamond factory and the Texas GulfLink deepwater oil export terminal. The massive gas plant reflects surging U.S. electricity demand — particularly from AI-driven data centers — with natural gas emerging as the preferred source of reliable baseload power. Japan has...

Israel is seeking to capture southern Lebanon. One Israeli official said that Tel Aviv plans to destroy the region.  Axios reports that US and Israeli officials said that Israel plans to take Lebanon south of the Litani River. “The goal is to take over territory, push Hezbollah’s forces north and away from the border, and […]

Putin Issues Some Frank Thoughts On 'Unpredictable' Iran War Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday delivered some rare, wide-ranging and frank commentary on the US-Israeli war against Iran. He compared the war and the Hormuz Strait closure, and subsequent impact on global energy, to the massive widescale impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But he also stated that outcomes to the war are at this point too hard to predict. via ZUMA press The conflict, Putin explained, is now resulting in significant damage to international logistics, production and supply chains while putting intense pressure...