RBN’s Daily Energy Blog and Insights sharpen your energy IQ through fundamentals-based analysis that makes sense of North America’s energy market dynamics.
- Analyst Insight
Canadian heavy crude oil re-exports from the U.S. Gulf Coast are holding their own despite the absence of shipments to China.


- Blog
Wait For Me - Guyana May Have a Head Start, But Suriname Making Strides With Its Offshore Blocks
Suriname has been a very minor crude oil producer over the past few decades, with minimal output from its onshore reserves.
- Analyst Insight
Gasoline Demand Surges as Diesel Weakens
Gasoline Demand Surges to 2025 High as Diesel Weakens
- Analyst Insight
PADD 1 Propane Inventories remain below 5-Year Minimum
PADD 1 fell 27% below 5-year minimum, raising concerns about supply constraints.
- Analyst Insight
February Cold Fires Up Single Day Canadian Gas Demand Record
Canada set a new single day gas demand record on February 4 at 18.45 Bcf. Cold weather across the nation and heightened gas power burn in Ontario have conspired to create the record breaker.


- Blog
Combination of the Two - A New Drill Down Report on Consolidation in the Midstream Sector
The U.S. energy industry’s midstream sector has experienced an extraordinary consolidation over the past few years.
- Analyst Insight
U.S. Crude Oil Exports Slip, Aframax Rates to Europe Continue to Climb
Gulf Coast crude oil exports fell last week, particularly in Corpus Christi and Houston - read more in today's RBN Analyst Insight.
- Analyst Insight
U.S. Monthly Frac Spread - Chart Toppers
Frac spread up slightly for February 2025.
- Analyst Insight
Europe Continues to Gain U.S. LNG Cargoes
Europe continues to attract a large number of US #LNG cargoes, but it’s not enough to halt the rapid decline in Europe’s underground gas storage inventories. Concerns over low storage inventories continue to push European gas prices higher. For more, see this week’s RBN LNG Voyager
- Analyst Insight
Alberta Crude Oil Sets Monthly and Annual Production Records
Alberta set a new monthly oil production record in December 2024 and a new annual production record for 2024.