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April 2026 — ENERGY · 94 articles← Back to archive
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  1. 30 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran's Closure of the World's Most Strategic Oil Chokepoint Became the Lever in Nuclear Talksenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 minenergy
  2. 29 AprPutin, Araghchi Use St. Petersburg Forum to Signal Durable Iran-Russia Alignmentenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 minenergy
  3. 29 AprHormuz Standoff: How a Strategic Chokepoint Became the Front Line of US-Iran Diplomatic Brinkmanshipenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 minenergy
  4. 28 AprPutin and Araghchi Meet in St. Petersburg as Iran–Russia Strategic Partnership Deepensenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 minenergy
  5. 28 AprPutin and Araghchi's St. Petersburg Summit: What the Iran-Russia Alignment Means for Global Energy Politicsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  6. 28 AprThe Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Energy Chokepoints and the Limits of Coercionenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 minenergy
  7. 28 AprHormuz Blockade Tests Tehran's Diplomatic Leverage as West Presses for Reopeningenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 minenergy
  8. 28 AprThe Strait of Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran Is Weaponising the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepointenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 minenergy
  9. 27 AprIran's Three-Stage Formula: Hormuz, Hardliners, and the Art of the Conditional Yesenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 minenergy
  10. 27 AprIran Proposes Hormuz Deal Through Pakistani Mediators as Global Markets Brace for Prolonged Disruptionenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  11. 27 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran Offers to Reopen Strategic Chokepoint as Nuclear Deadline Loomsenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 minenergy
  12. 27 AprIran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran Plays the Strait card While the World Waitsenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 minenergy
  13. 27 AprIran's Araghchi Courts Moscow as Tehran Signals Flexibility on Strait of Hormuzenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  14. 27 AprHormuz Gambit: Iran Proposes Gulf Deal as Oil-Chokepoint Risk Tightens Global Marketsenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  15. 26 AprTrump Declares Victory Over Iran as Oil Infrastructure Deadline Loomsenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 minenergy
  16. 26 AprOman Steps Into the Gap as Iran Links Hormuz to a Permanent End to the Warenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  17. 25 AprNigeria's Oil Sector at a Crossroads: Production Targets and the Energy Transitionenergy · Fatima Bello · Nigeria · 6 minenergy
  18. 25 AprMozambique LNG Exports Restart as TotalEnergies Reopens Cabo Delgado Operations Worth $5 Billionenergy · Zawadi Mwangi · Africa · 5 minenergy
  19. 25 AprKenya's Geothermal Ambitions: 1,200 Megawatts and Counting in the Great Rift Valleyenergy · Thabo Molefe · Kenya · 6 minenergy
  20. 25 AprKenya Races Toward 1,200MW Geothermal Capacity as Olkaria Expansion Gains Momentumenergy · Kofi Mensah · Kenya · 6 minenergy
  21. 25 AprGhana's Offshore Oil Discovery: Eni Strikes Black Gold in the Deepwater Tano Basinenergy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Ghana · 7 minenergy
  22. 25 AprGhana's Offshore Oil Revival: ENI and Tullow Bet $2.4 Billion on New Deepwater Discoveriesenergy · Nomvula Dlamini · Ghana · 6 minenergy
  23. 25 AprAfrica Solar Revolution: South Africa, Morocco, and Kenya Lead $12 Billion Investment Surgeenergy · Fatima Bello · Africa · 6 minenergy
  24. 25 AprAfrica Green Hydrogen: Namibia $10 Billion Project Leads Continental Race with Egypt and South Africaenergy · Nomvula Dlamini · Africa · 6 minenergy
  25. 23 AprUS Boarding of Stateless Tanker in Indian Ocean Tests Iran's Shadow Fleet Strategyenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  26. 23 AprTrump Triples Mine-Sweeping in Hormuz as Energy Chokepoint Becomes DealLeverageenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 3 minenergy
  27. 23 AprTrump Orders US Navy to Shoot Boats Laying Mines as Hormuz Tensions Escalateenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  28. 23 AprTrump Orders Naval Forces to Sink Any Vessel Deploying Mines in Strait of Hormuzenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  29. 23 AprPoll: 65% of US Voters Hold Trump Responsible for Rising Gas Pricesenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 minenergy
  30. 23 AprOil Prices Climb as Iran-US Hormuz Standoff Revives Geopolitical Risk Premiumenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  31. 23 AprIran War Compresses China's Economic Margin of Safetyenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  32. 23 AprIran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Seizures, Saturation, and the Shadow of Oil Marketsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 minenergy
  33. 23 AprIran Banks First Hormuz Strait Toll Revenue, Testing Maritime Sovereignty Normsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  34. 23 AprEurope's $587 Million Daily Energy Bill and the Strait of Hormuz Standoffenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  35. 23 AprDruzhba Flows Resume as Ukraine Restarts Russian Oil Transit to Slovakiaenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · central-europe · 6 minenergy
  36. 23 AprChina's Green Export Machine Meets a Demand Crisis at Homeenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 7 minenergy
  37. 23 AprCeasefire Without Passage: Hormuz Traffic Stays Choked as Iran Reasserts Naval Pressureenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  38. 23 Apr$430 Million in Suspicious Crude Trades Placed Minutes Before Trump Iran Ceasefire Announcementenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 minenergy
  39. 22 AprUS Officials Privately Acknowledge Iran Has Retained Far More Military Capability Than Publicly Disclosedenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 minenergy
  40. 22 AprUkraine Pipeline Restart Unlocks €90 Billion EU Loan as Budapest Withdraws Vetoenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 minenergy
  41. 22 AprUAE Strategic Oil Reserves Hit Nine-Year Low as Inpex Reroutes Crude Away From Gulfenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  42. 22 AprTrump's Hormuz calculus: the gap between control claims and diplomatic leverageenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Energy · 6 minenergy
  43. 22 AprTrump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Hormuz Standoff Deepens Oil Market Anxietyenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 minenergy
  44. 22 AprTrump Claims US "Totally Controls" the Strait of Hormuz — and Argues Iran Has No Incentive to Close Itenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  45. 22 AprOil Markets Shrug as Iran War Escalates Costs for Ordinary Americansenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 minenergy
  46. 22 AprFuel Shock: How the Iran Conflict Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Energyenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 minenergy
  47. 22 AprIran Seizes Vessels and Deploys Mines in Hormuz as Pentagon Warns of Six-Month Clearing Operationenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  48. 22 AprIran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Escalateenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  49. 22 AprIran Sanctions Crack: 34 Tankers Bypass US Blockade as Vance Islamabad Trip Collapsesenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Central Asia · 5 minenergy
  50. 22 AprIran Seizes Vessels, Deploys Mines as Six-Month Hormuz Clearance Warning Lands in Washingtonenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 minenergy
  51. 22 AprIran Guard Fires on Ships in Hormuz as Trump Warns Reopening Would Doom Nuclear Dealenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 minenergy
  52. 22 AprSix-Month Timeline to Clear Hormuz Mines Poses Acute Risk to Global Energy Transitenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 minenergy
  53. 22 AprHormuz in the Crosshairs: How the US Naval Blockade Is Reshaping Gulf Oil Tradeenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 minenergy
  54. 22 AprCeasefire Without Resolution: What the US-Iran Gulf Truce Actually Tells Usenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  55. 21 AprTrump Signals Pause on Pakistan Outreach as Iran Nuclear Talks Hit Wallenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 4 minenergy
  56. 21 AprTrump's Strait Ultimatum Meets Tehran's Conditions — and the Clock Runs Outenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  57. 21 AprTrump Claims 'Total Control' of Strait of Hormuz, Warns of Military Action Against Iranenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  58. 21 AprStrait of Hormuz Shipping Collapse Exposes Fragility of U.S.-Iran Standoffenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  59. 21 AprThe Leverage Play: Inside Trump's Dual-Track Iran Strategyenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 minenergy
  60. 21 AprIran Warns of Hormuz Closure as Naval Tensions Sharpenenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  61. 21 AprIranian negotiator's Gulf warning sparks escalation fears as US nuclear talks stallenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 minenergy
  62. 21 AprIran's London Embassy Urges UK to Move Beyond 'Low-Cost Statements' on War Crimes Accountabilityenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  63. 21 AprIran's Hormuz Geography: The Strait as Strategic Leverenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  64. 21 AprIran Declines US Talks in Islamabad, Brent Crude Jumps $4energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  65. 20 AprTrump's Hormuz Gambit: How One President's Words Move Oil, Bitcoin, and the Ceasefire Clockenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  66. 20 AprSeoul's Intelligence Leak and Lee's Delhi Gambit: How South Korea Is Redrawing Its Regional Mapenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia-india · 6 minenergy
  67. 20 AprOil Surges 7% as U.S.-Iran Skirmish Threatens the World's Most Critical Chokepointenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  68. 20 AprMarket Timing and Military Signals: The Insider Trading Questions at the Heart of the Iran Crisisenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  69. 20 AprMarket Movers: The Iran War, Suspicious Trading Spikes, and the Financial Architecture Behind Trump's Announcementsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  70. 20 AprIran Talks Collapse, Trump Warns of Strikes: Oil Markets Brace for $100+energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  71. 20 AprIran Nuclear Talks Resume as Oil Markets Reprice Gulf Tensionsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  72. 20 AprIran's Nuclear Ultimatum Enters Critical Phase as Blockade Bites and Markets Moveenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  73. 20 AprHormuz Standoff Tests Trump Administration's Iran Calculus as Energy Markets Hold Breathenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 minenergy
  74. 20 AprBeijing Raises the Stakes in the Gulfenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minenergy
  75. 20 AprBelarus's Lukashenko Issues Direct Nuclear Threat Against Ukraine, Poland and Baltic Statesenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · eastern_europe · 4 minenergy
  76. 19 AprTrump Alleges Iranian Fire in Strait of Hormuz, Claims Ceasefire Breachenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  77. 19 AprTehran Declares End of Western Naval Primacy in the Gulf — and Challenges Europe to Look Homewardenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  78. 19 AprMiddle East Conflict Drives Energy Volatility as Israeli Strikes Target Healthcare Infrastructure Across Three Nationsenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minenergy
  79. 19 AprIranian Supertanker Evades US Sanctions Enforcement in Strait of Hormuz Transitenergy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minenergy
  80. 19 AprIran Reasserts Hormuz Control as Trump Courts Nuclear Deal and Global Energy Markets Trembleenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 minenergy
  81. 19 AprIran Reasserts Hormuz Control as US Truce Gamble Collapsesenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Gulf · 6 minenergy
  82. 19 AprBab al-Mandab and the Grammar of Coercive Geography: Ansarullah's Strategic Signalenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 minenergy
  83. 18 AprCrisis Capital: X-Energy's $800M IPO and the Nuclear Industry's Hormuz Momentenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Global · 8 minenergy
  84. 18 AprKarachaganak and the CITIC Turn: Kazakhstan's Gas Industry Completes Its Pivot From West to Eastenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Central Asia / China · 7 minenergy
  85. 18 AprIran's Strait of Hormuz Declaration Tests the Limits of U.S. Pressure Doctrineenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 minenergy
  86. 18 AprIran's Qalibaf Claims Regional Agency, Demands Hezbollah Ceasefire as Non-Negotiable Conditionenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Gulf · 7 minenergy
  87. 18 AprIran's Hormuz Warning and the Fragile Architecture of Global Gas Transitenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global Energy Markets · 8 minenergy
  88. 18 AprIran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Ceasefire Acceptance, Energy Markets, and the Architecture of Coercionenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 minenergy
  89. 18 AprThe Strait That Charges: Iran's Hormuz Closure Turns Global LNG Routes Into a Toll Roadenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 minenergy
  90. 18 AprGhalibaf Declares Iran's Victory in Hormuz Standoff as Trump Ceasefire Gambit Collapsesenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 minenergy
  91. 18 AprSix Weeks and Counting: Europe's Jet Fuel Clock and the Iran War's Quiet Energy Tollenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Middle East · 8 minenergy
  92. 18 AprThe Billion-Dollar Bets: CFTC's Oil Futures Probe and the Political Economy of Foreknowledgeenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Global · 8 minenergy
  93. 18 AprBitcoin, Hormuz, and the Limits of Crypto's Geopolitical Momentenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 6 minenergy
  94. 18 AprThe Last Refineries: Australia's Viva Energy Fire and the Fragility of Sovereign Fuel Supplyenergy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia-Pacific / Australia · 8 minenergy