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Capitol Crude: The US Energy Policy Podcast

Oct 25, 2021

With tight supplies and strong demand helping create large swings in global gas prices, Japanese utility JERA is staying the course.

The world’s largest LNG buyer is focused on its supply procurement and trading strategy.

Sunao Nakamura, a senior managing executive officer at JERA and chief of the Japanese company’s...


Oct 18, 2021

Asphalt, the heaviest part of crude used in road and home construction, could see a surge in demand as the $1 trillion infrastructure bill would provide record amounts of funding for highway improvements. But all that depends on the bill making it to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

That legislation also...


Oct 11, 2021

Amid a crowded field of US liquefaction projects, Commonwealth LNG is looking to build momentum for its proposed 8.4 million mt/year facility in Louisiana as it targets a final investment decision in late 2022 and shipping its first LNG in 2025.

Senior editor Harry Weber spoke with Commonwealth LNG CEO Paul Varello...


Oct 4, 2021

Last week brought another major development in the outlook for the US adoption of electric vehicles, with Ford Motor Co. and South Korea's SK Innovations announcing an $11 billion project to manufacture EVs and lithium-ion batteries in Kentucky and Tennessee starting in 2025.

A lot of uncertainties still surround the...