UK Moves To Ban New North Sea Oil & Gas Licenses Permanently

The Israeli military on Sunday declared that Taybeh, the last village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that is populated entirely by Christians, was a “closed military zone” amid rising Jewish settler violence against the town. The IDF said it took the step due to “some violent attacks by Israelis in the region” and that it […]

Qatar Dethroned As 'LNG King' As U.S. Seizes Throne, Reshaping Future Of Gas Submitted by Criterion Research President, James Bevan,  The geopolitical calculus underpinning global LNG supply through the early 2030s has shifted materially. Iranian drone strikes on Qatari LNG trains, delays to key expansion projects, and the indefinite closure of the Strait of Hormuz have created a compounding threat to Qatar's LNG position that goes well beyond a construction delay. What had been framed as a two-horse race for global LNG market share now looks considerably more one-sided. The beneficiary is clear: U.S. Gulf...

US Services Surveys Signal Rebound In Growth In July, But... Following the mixed picture from yesterday's Manufacturing surveys (ISM 4 year high, S&P Global 3 mo low driven by the bifurcated 'AI vs The Rest' economy), this morning's Services sector surveys were 'expected' to show the opposite (ISM down, S&P Global up) all in the face of fading hard data. S&P Global US Services PMI jumped from 51.2 (final June) to 53.6 (prelim July) to 54.6 (final July) - the highest since Oct 2025 ISM US Services PMI rose from 54.0 to...