by Isaac Cubillos | Mar 1, 2026 | Energy
Oil Jumps 13% After Iran Strikes — Here Comes the Pain at the Pump Well, that didn’t take long. Brent crude just leapt as much as 13% to $82 a barrel after Iran’s latest round of strikes rattled nerves in the Persian Gulf. Tankers are hesitating. Insurance rates are...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 28, 2026 | Energy
The United States and Israel struck Iran.Iran struck back. Within hours, oil tankers in the Persian Gulf did what oil tankers rarely do: they stopped. Some slowed to a crawl. Others ducked into nearby ports. Nobody wants to be the floating headline that explodes on...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 14, 2026 | Energy
Yesterday, I wrote about the oil glut—too much crude sloshing around the world, prices easing, and gas at the pump finally calming down. That’s the national picture. This is the local one, and it looks different depending on your ZIP code. In the Permian Basin, the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 13, 2026 | Energy
The Energy Information Administration—those famously unexcitable federal bean-counters—has wandered into the room with a wet blanket and a calculator, and the news is not what the oil bulls or the “drill, baby, drill” crowd want to hear. According to the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 13, 2026 | Energy
There was a moment in the White House this week that told you everything you need to know about Washington fantasy versus oil-patch reality. Donald Trump, freshly confident about Venezuela, sat across from the men who actually write the checks — and they gave him the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 24, 2025 | Energy
The Grain Belt Express, the $4.9 billion Loan That Vanished, and Why the Lights May Dim Because of It Washington killed the money. In July, the Department of Energy quietly yanked its $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express—the 800-mile, 5-gigawatt...
