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** Daily Energy News ┃ 01/22/26
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Welcome to In The Pipeline, still your trusted source for daily energy news, but with a new look.
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** Governor Gavin trolls President Trump in Davos, even as the Interior Department works to help California.
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The Center Square ([link removed]) (1/21/26) reports: "Weeks after California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis spoke out against federal efforts to expand offshore oil drilling, state lawmakers told The Center Square that increased drilling is deeply unpopular among coastal residents. Opponents warn against the environmental costs. But supporters say technology has made drilling safer. They also note offshore drilling could boost America's energy independence and lower gas prices in California, which typically has the highest in the U.S. Legislators’ comments opposing the drilling come after the announcement in November 2025 that the U.S. Department of the Interior would expand oil and gas drilling leases not just off the Pacific Coast in areas such as Santa Barbara, but other sites on the nation’s outer continental shelf. Those who support the federal government’s move to expand offshore oil drilling in California
say it will help the entire country become more energy independent."
** Hydrocarbons are here to stay. But we already knew that. Just glad more people are catching on, including the folks hanging out in Davos.
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Californians for Energy and Water Abundance ([link removed]) (1/21/26) opinion: "It’s important to emphasize how doubling global energy production is the minimum target. Is it realistic to expect Americans to cut their energy consumption by 50 percent? Imagine the scale of the transformation this would require; the trillions in new investment, the leapfrogs in energy efficiency that today are still unrealized. Now apply the flipside of that to the rest of the world. Imagine the Chinese, the Indians, the nations of Africa, and every other emerging nation, altogether, to succeed in doubling their energy production, and imagine them doing so while at the same time they phase out their use of oil, natural gas, and coal. It is not possible. Of all the prognostications that may fly about regarding our global energy future, this one is the most certain: nations throughout the world are not going to stop relying on fossil fuel,
because their economies cannot survive without it, much less grow. Global demand for fossil fuel is going to increase for at least another generation."
** Weird how we keep finding more of the oil that we were told was running out.
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Oilprice.com ([link removed]) (1/21/26) article: "Inventories in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) keep climbing week after week. The Department of Energy (DoE) reported that crude oil inventories in the SPR rose by 800,000 barrels to 414.5 million barrels in the week ending January 16. This is 311 million barrels shy of maximum capacity. US production fell during the week of January 9 to 13.753 million bpd, down from 13.811 million bpd in the week prior, according to the latest EIA data. This is 272,000 bpd more than this same time last year. Gasoline inventories saw another large increase this week as well, gaining 6.2 million barrels in the week ending January 16. In the week prior, gasoline inventories grew by 8.23 million barrels."
** Yes, Europe and California, the world needs much more oil, not less.
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Reuters ([link removed]) (1/22/26) reports: "The world needs to more than double oil production, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday, while criticising the European Union and the U.S. state of California for wasting money on what he described as inefficient green energy. In recent years, the World Economic Forum's discussions on energy have centred on ways to boost lower-carbon policies. But during Wright's discussion with energy company Occidental's CEO Vicki Hollub in Davos, they emphasised that the world will depend on oil for decades to come. Increased natural gas production and investment in LNG export terminals have put the U.S. in a position to replace Europe's imports of Russian gas that were slashed after the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022, Wright also said. But he added that corporate environmental regulations in the European Union posed risks to
energy cooperation with the United States."
** Energy Markets
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WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $59.93
Natural Gas: ↑ $5.28
Gasoline: ↑ $2.85
Diesel: ↑ $3.54
Heating Oil: ↑ $241.78
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $64.55
US Rig Count ([link removed]) : ↓ 572
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"We have the potential to produce a lot more, and we have a government that's supportive of that. It's now possible to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but I just want to say the biggest strategic petroleum reserves we have is right under our feet in places like Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Ohio."
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– ([link removed]) Furchtgott-Roth, Heritage Foundation ([link removed])
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USGS Global Critical Minerals Locations
** New From Energy Townhall ([link removed])
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** Mine, baby, mine.
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American Energy Alliance ([link removed]) (1/22/26) press release: "As we pointed out recently in our 2026 Environmental Quality Index, when we restrict American resource development, we shift production to nations with lower environmental standards and questionable human rights records. We applaud Congressman Stauber for his leadership on this issue. The House vote paves the way for responsible mineral development in Minnesota and establishes an important precedent that public land withdrawals issued through public land orders be subject to congressional review. By locking up public lands, revoking and restricting leases, and piling on regulatory roadblocks, the Biden administration closed off American mining, denying Americans the opportunity to produce the minerals we need to power our nation and economy. With this Resolution, we can stand in support of American competitiveness, good-paying jobs, and
our national energy security."
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