President-elect Donald Trump wants to “drill, baby, drill.” The industry is focused on returns, Ben Cahill writes in a guest commentary.

Donald Trump's reelection as President will impact the energy industry, but maybe not as expected. Energy, trade, regulatory, fiscal and monetary policy may be at odds.

Energy analyst Matt Smith joined host David Brown to take a look at what a second Trump term might mean for the oil and gas industry. Texas Standard: I notice that oil prices, we’re seeing a sell-off in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election. What does that mean, exactly?

Bernstein, a Wall Street research firm, estimates that the price of land-based wind turbines, which sell for millions of dollars each, has increased 40 percent since 2021, while the cost of building wind farms off the United States has risen by a third, a big number for projects that cost billions.

Regulatory rollbacks, more oil and gas drilling, greater use of federal lands and an end to offshore wind projects lead the agenda.

With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump two months away from taking office and able to act on his campaign promises, energy executives are lining up to offer new proposals to the mix. Trump has vowed to scrap offshore wind projects,