Jamie Smyth
@jamiesmythft.bsky.social
US energy editor Financial Times based in NYC - after reporting stints in Sydney, Dublin and Brussels.
Siemens Energy calls for Trump policy stability as it commits $1bn to US: saying attacks on offshore wind and tariff uncertainty are very challenging @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/09432f5a-c...
Siemens Energy calls for Trump policy stability as it commits $1bn to US
[FREE TO READ] German group’s boss says America remains ‘excellent market’ despite ‘painful’ wind farm and tariff moves
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February 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Siemens Energy calls for Trump policy stability as it commits $1bn to US: saying attacks on offshore wind and tariff uncertainty are very challenging @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/09432f5a-c...
US to launch $12bn critical minerals stockpile to counter China’s dominance over key metals- backed by EXIM bank loans, private capital and with traders and corporate partners as.ft.com/r/2f42f527-7... @financialtimes.com
US to launch $12bn critical minerals stockpile to counter China’s dominance
[FREE TO READ] US Export-Import Bank will provide $10bn in debt financing for effort named Project Vault
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February 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
US to launch $12bn critical minerals stockpile to counter China’s dominance over key metals- backed by EXIM bank loans, private capital and with traders and corporate partners as.ft.com/r/2f42f527-7... @financialtimes.com
Chevron pledges tight rein on Venezuela spending as US pushes oil majors to invest. CFO Bonner tells @FT no plans to hike capex @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/d8af7ef6-8...
Chevron pledges tight rein on Venezuela spending as US pushes oil majors to invest
[FREE TO READ] Supermajor to focus on boosting production from existing operations rather than fast-track expansion, says finance chief
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January 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Chevron pledges tight rein on Venezuela spending as US pushes oil majors to invest. CFO Bonner tells @FT no plans to hike capex @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/d8af7ef6-8...
US utilities requested $31bn in rate hikes in 2025- double the amount in 2024, amid soaring power demand. But data centres could lower utility bills — eventually, says GE Vernova as.ft.com/r/7a501b71-e... @financialtimes.com
GE Vernova thinks data centres could lower utility bills — eventually
[FREE TO READ] Also in today’s newsletter, data shows how utilities are trying to push up bills
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January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
US utilities requested $31bn in rate hikes in 2025- double the amount in 2024, amid soaring power demand. But data centres could lower utility bills — eventually, says GE Vernova as.ft.com/r/7a501b71-e... @financialtimes.com
Canada’s oil industry is thriving with sales to China quadrupling last year, just as Trump's latest trade threats prompt PM Mark Carney to pivot harder to Asia @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/916f2d8e-0...
Canada’s oil industry thrives as sales to China soar
[FREE TO READ] Record production comes as analysts say Venezuelan output is not likely to significantly hit demand in short term
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January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Canada’s oil industry is thriving with sales to China quadrupling last year, just as Trump's latest trade threats prompt PM Mark Carney to pivot harder to Asia @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/916f2d8e-0...
Oil giant Adnoc increases its stake in Rio Grande LNG in Texas, amid a push by Middle Eastern investors into US gas industry despite fears of a looming supply glut @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/61b2cb9b-0...
Adnoc increases stake in Rio Grande LNG project in Texas
[FREE TO READ] Abu Dhabi’s state oil company is seeking to become one of the world’s largest integrated gas suppliers
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January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Oil giant Adnoc increases its stake in Rio Grande LNG in Texas, amid a push by Middle Eastern investors into US gas industry despite fears of a looming supply glut @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/61b2cb9b-0...
Venezuela’s lawmakers back reforms that open the socialist country’s oil sector to private companies, potentially undoing a quarter century of state dominance @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/ce6e18e5-1...
Venezuela’s lawmakers back oil sector reforms
[FREE TO READ] Legislation that could reach final approval next week allows foreign and local private companies to commercialise oilfields
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January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Venezuela’s lawmakers back reforms that open the socialist country’s oil sector to private companies, potentially undoing a quarter century of state dominance @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/ce6e18e5-1...
Venture Global prevails in dispute with Spain's Repsol over supply contracts in the latest arbitration panel ruling over the LNG company's conduct as.ft.com/r/ba87da70-1... @financialtimes.com
Venture Global prevails in dispute with Repsol over supply contracts
[FREE TO READ] Spanish energy group accused US LNG exporter of breaching deal to profit from market turbulence during Ukraine invasion
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January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Venture Global prevails in dispute with Spain's Repsol over supply contracts in the latest arbitration panel ruling over the LNG company's conduct as.ft.com/r/ba87da70-1... @financialtimes.com
US fracking pioneers look overseas as America's domestic shale revolution loses steam: Harold Hamm, Bryan Sheffield, EOG and Chevron investing in oil projects abroad @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/77661f9c-5...
Fracking pioneers look overseas as US shale revolution goes global
[FREE TO READ] American companies seek opportunities in Venezuela, the Middle East and Australia as domestic shale output plateaus
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January 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
US fracking pioneers look overseas as America's domestic shale revolution loses steam: Harold Hamm, Bryan Sheffield, EOG and Chevron investing in oil projects abroad @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/77661f9c-5...
Despite US sanctions and a $1bn write down SLB never left Venezuela- now it is poised to reap gains from Donald Trump’s $100bn plan to rebuild its oil sector @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/96c6b1f7-4...
SLB poised to reap gains from Donald Trump’s plan to leverage Venezuelan oil
[FREE TO READ] Shares in the world’s largest oilfield services company have risen by 14% since US capture of Nicolás Maduro
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January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Despite US sanctions and a $1bn write down SLB never left Venezuela- now it is poised to reap gains from Donald Trump’s $100bn plan to rebuild its oil sector @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/96c6b1f7-4...
Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse growing backlash against data center roll out and the trump's administration's AI push as.ft.com/r/749cfa30-8... @financialtimes.com
Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse data centre backlash
[FREE TO READ] Soaring electricity demand from AI has become political issue for Big Tech and the Trump administration
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January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse growing backlash against data center roll out and the trump's administration's AI push as.ft.com/r/749cfa30-8... @financialtimes.com
Donald Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela for calling country ‘uninvestable’ as.ft.com/r/952dbaa4-5... @financialtimes.com
Donald Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela for calling country ‘uninvestable’
[FREE TO READ] President attacks US company’s chief executive for his scepticism during a White House meeting with oil executives
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January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Donald Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela for calling country ‘uninvestable’ as.ft.com/r/952dbaa4-5... @financialtimes.com
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How is Venezuela 🇻🇪 affecting the world order and price of oil? @jamiesmythft.bsky.social
How does the salary trajectory of an apprentice compare to a graduate?
What is the ROI on a Premier League manager’s salary?
#TakingStock @newstalkfm.bsky.social
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How does the salary trajectory of an apprentice compare to a graduate?
What is the ROI on a Premier League manager’s salary?
#TakingStock @newstalkfm.bsky.social
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The economics of being a football manager | Newstalk
Following several high-profile management sackings in the English Premiership of late, this week ...
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January 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM
How is Venezuela 🇻🇪 affecting the world order and price of oil? @jamiesmythft.bsky.social
How does the salary trajectory of an apprentice compare to a graduate?
What is the ROI on a Premier League manager’s salary?
#TakingStock @newstalkfm.bsky.social
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/tak...
How does the salary trajectory of an apprentice compare to a graduate?
What is the ROI on a Premier League manager’s salary?
#TakingStock @newstalkfm.bsky.social
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/tak...
America’s nuclear revival: will it succeed and at what cost?
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Our long read in the @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The cost of America’s nuclear revival
Donald Trump has promised to build fleets of new reactors to help ‘win’ the AI race. But many think the goals are unrealistic
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January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
America’s nuclear revival: will it succeed and at what cost?
Our long read in the @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Our long read in the @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
America’s nuclear revival: will it succeed and at what cost? Our @financialtimes.com long read as.ft.com/r/dc875140-1...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
America’s nuclear revival: will it succeed and at what cost? Our @financialtimes.com long read as.ft.com/r/dc875140-1...
US oil baron Harold Hamm has bought more assets in the Vaca Muerta, as Continental Resources accelerates its overseas expansion in Javier Milei’s Argentina as.ft.com/r/6c85ab22-5...
US oil baron Harold Hamm sets sights on Javier Milei’s Argentina
[FREE TO READ] Shale pioneer’s overseas move comes amid claims American drilling heyday has peaked
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January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
US oil baron Harold Hamm has bought more assets in the Vaca Muerta, as Continental Resources accelerates its overseas expansion in Javier Milei’s Argentina as.ft.com/r/6c85ab22-5...
US steps up blockade of Venezuela by seeking to board and pursuing a third tanker en route to load oil in the Latin American nation @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/622c7075-3...
US steps up blockade of Venezuela by seeking to board third oil tanker
[FREE TO READ] Trump administration escalates campaign of pressure against Nicolás Maduro
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December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
US steps up blockade of Venezuela by seeking to board and pursuing a third tanker en route to load oil in the Latin American nation @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/622c7075-3...
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The age of instability: ‘Ireland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous storm’ — my distinctly unfestive review of the year
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The age of instability: ‘Ireland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous storm’
Year of deepfakes, drones, masculine energy and bad weather also brought first babies of Generation Beta
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December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The age of instability: ‘Ireland feels like a small boat caught in a tempestuous storm’ — my distinctly unfestive review of the year
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Is the US poised to wage war on Venezuela? The @financialtimes.com visual storytelling team and reporters profile the massive miltiary build up in this piece as.ft.com/r/b3c5d273-3...
Satellite images track Donald Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] Photos, data and videos show increasing military pressure on Nicolás Maduro after US president refuses to rule out war
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December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Is the US poised to wage war on Venezuela? The @financialtimes.com visual storytelling team and reporters profile the massive miltiary build up in this piece as.ft.com/r/b3c5d273-3...
Shares in data centre property group Fermi, which has ties to the Trump administration, nearly halve in value after first tenant pulls funding as.ft.com/r/675d9a2d-f... @financialtimes.com
Shares in data centre property group Fermi nearly halve after tenant pulls funding
[FREE TO READ] Stock price of company co-founded by ex-US energy secretary Rick Perry fell as much as 46%
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December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Shares in data centre property group Fermi, which has ties to the Trump administration, nearly halve in value after first tenant pulls funding as.ft.com/r/675d9a2d-f... @financialtimes.com
First US Gulf of Mexico oil leases auction under Trump gets $372mn bids- with BP poised to become the most successful company with 51 high bids worth $61.9mn @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/2396cbc5-b...
First US Gulf of Mexico oil leases auction under Trump receives $372mn in bids
[FREE TO READ] BP, Shell and Chevron among producers pursuing drilling rights as administration seeks to expand production
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December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
First US Gulf of Mexico oil leases auction under Trump gets $372mn bids- with BP poised to become the most successful company with 51 high bids worth $61.9mn @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/2396cbc5-b...
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Big Tech is spending billions on US data centres to fuel the AI race. But these grand plans face a problem: access to power. Estimates show the industry could be 40% short of the power it needs by 2028. Will this be the stumbling block that bursts the AI bubble?
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Big Tech is spending billions on US data centres to fuel the AI race. But these grand plans face a problem: access to power. Estimates show the industry could be 40% short of the power it needs by 2028. Will this be the stumbling block that bursts the AI bubble?
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on AI’s power problem 👇
Big Tech is spending billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. But those grand plans face a problem: access to power. Our @financialtimes.com visual story today ig.ft.com/ai-power/
The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
A lack of electricity for new data centres could deflate the AI ‘bubble’
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December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Big Tech is spending billions on data centres in the US to fuel the development of artificial intelligence. But those grand plans face a problem: access to power. Our @financialtimes.com visual story today ig.ft.com/ai-power/
Venture Global says Shell waged ‘campaign’ to damage its LNG business in a Thanksgiving holiday note to staff, which toasts $28bn sales deals won in a month on.ft.com/48rOqWS @financialtimes.com
Venture Global says Shell waged ‘campaign’ to damage its LNG business
[FREE TO READ] US producer escalates rivalry with European oil firm
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Venture Global says Shell waged ‘campaign’ to damage its LNG business in a Thanksgiving holiday note to staff, which toasts $28bn sales deals won in a month on.ft.com/48rOqWS @financialtimes.com
Exxon takes on EU and US lawmakers over a plastics recycling technology it warns will be stalled without regulatory changes. Critics call chemical recycling a "greenwashing" tool of little benefit on.ft.com/44qvcPR @financialtimes.com
Exxon takes on lawmakers over plastics recycling technology
[FREE TO READ] The oil major is suing green groups and the California attorney-general over ‘greenwashing’ claims
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Exxon takes on EU and US lawmakers over a plastics recycling technology it warns will be stalled without regulatory changes. Critics call chemical recycling a "greenwashing" tool of little benefit on.ft.com/44qvcPR @financialtimes.com