Lisa Shidler is a Reporter at RIABiz.com, where she covers the energy and mining sectors. With a focus on the intricacies of energy markets and mining developments, she provides insightful analysis on these critical industries. Lisa's work has also been featured in RBN Energy, LLC, and RealClearEnergy.
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By: Lisa Shidler
The company's spending spree doesn't have an immediate end in sight, and it is targeting about $200 billion in capex in 2026, largely for AI infrastructure. In its Wednesday, April 29 earnings call, executives made clear that its aggressive investment is meant to fund a multi-year AI buildout intended for data centers with 30+ year lifespans.
By: Lisa Shidler
The U.S. is seeing softer domestic demand for traditional fuels, but pockets of the country remain highly dependent on imported gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. Today, we’ll zero in on which PADDs are at the highest risk for shortages and price spikes if the Iran war drags on for an extended period.
By: Lisa Shidler, Lindsay Schneider
On Thursday Cheniere held its first quarterly earnings call since the war with Iran began.
By: Lisa Shidler
U.S. crude oil production averaged a record 13.6 MMb/d in 2025, up nearly 1.6 MMb/d from 2023, but crude export volumes remained remarkably stable — at or very near 4.1 MMb/d — until a recent Iran-related surge. A key reason: “capacity creep” expansion projects at several Gulf Coast refineries.
According to today's EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) for the week ended May 9, U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude surged to 588 Mb/d (far
By: Lisa Shidler
A lot of work must be done to revive Venezuela’s crude oil industry, which has suffered from years of poor management and underinvestment. Exports have rebounded sharply in early 2026, but much more could be done. Today, we outline the additional steps that could boost export volumes.
Over the past few years, normal butane imports into PADD 5 from Canada have doubled at their winter peak.
By: Lisa Shidler
The White House gave the green light on March 18 for foreign-flagged tankers to move crude oil and refined products between U.S. ports by waiving the Jones Act. In less than two months, about 60 waivers have been recorded. Today, we’ll dig into the new patterns that have emerged.
U.S. LNG feedgas remains below recent peak levels as maintenance continues to curb demand, with one train offline at both Cameron and Freeport LNG.
U.S. LNG feedgas is climbing again as the maintenance season winds down. Cameron and Freeport appear to be bringing their respective offline trains back online. Commissioning activity at Golden Pass and Corpus Christi Stage III continues to progress and U.S. LNG feedgas demand averaged 17.8 Bcf/d last week, up about 0.4 Bcf/d week-on-week.
