In Defense of The Fed and of Not Cutting Interest Rates | OilPrice.com Premium Content By Editorial Dept – Jan 30, 2026, 8:30 AM CST If you will forgive me, I intend this week to write about something other than energy. Or, at least, not to address energy stocks or commodity prices directly. US interest...Continue Reading

Brent Breaks Out to 5-Month High on Geopolitical Risk | OilPrice.com Premium Content By Editorial Dept – Jan 30, 2026, 8:30 AM CST Iran Tensions Put Risk Premium Front and Center The biggest driver this week has been a sharp escalation in U.S.–Iran tensions, injecting a sizeable risk premium into both benchmarks. Reports that President...Continue Reading

By Editorial Dept – Jan 30, 2026, 8:30 AM CST This week, French and U.S. officials convened a quiet meeting in Paris between representatives of Libya’s rival power centers: figures close to Abdulhamid Dbeibah, the Tripoli-based prime minister whose authority rests on control of state finances, and figures aligned with Khalifa Haftar, the eastern commander...Continue Reading

Iran Signals Defiance as Trump Escalates Rhetoric | OilPrice.com Premium Content By Editorial Dept – Jan 30, 2026, 8:30 AM CST Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict On the US-Iran front, this week was full of bluster with Trump’s trademark tactic of ambiguous escalation, roiling markets and sending gold and crude soaring on apocalyptic hedging. Trump publicly...Continue Reading

European Natural Gas Prices Surge as Winter Cold and Geopolitics Collide | OilPrice.com Tsvetana Paraskova Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews.  More Info Related News By Tsvetana Paraskova – Jan 30, 2026, 8:00 AM CST Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices...Continue Reading

Chevron Beats Profit Estimates as It Commits to Venezuela | OilPrice.com Tsvetana Paraskova Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews.  More Info Related News By Tsvetana Paraskova – Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 AM CST Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported on Friday...Continue Reading

Britain’s Octopus Energy Takes a Big Bet on China’s Clean Power Markets | OilPrice.com Tsvetana Paraskova Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews.  More Info Related News By Tsvetana Paraskova – Jan 30, 2026, 6:00 AM CST The UK’s largest energy...Continue Reading

Venezuela Rewrites Its Oil Law to Attract Foreign Investment | OilPrice.com Charles Kennedy Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com More Info Related News By Charles Kennedy – Jan 30, 2026, 4:30 AM CST Venezuelan legislators have voted for an updated oil industry law that the country’s leadership hopes will bring in much-needed foreign investment to...Continue Reading

China’s LNG Imports Rise for a Third Straight Month | OilPrice.com Irina Slav Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. More Info Related News By Irina Slav – Jan 30, 2026, 3:30 AM CST The recovery in China’s imports of liquefied natural gas...Continue Reading

Citi Downplays Risk of a Major Iran Supply Shock | OilPrice.com Irina Slav Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry. More Info Related News By Irina Slav – Jan 30, 2026, 1:59 AM CST Citi commodity analysts have downplayed the risk of a...Continue Reading