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Jordan Blum

Jordan Blum is Fortune’s Energy Editor. Based in Houston, Blum oversees coverage of a growing global energy sector for oil and gas, transition businesses, renewables, and critical minerals. An award-winning journalist with more than two decades of experience, he has examined the ins and outs of the oil and gas shale boom for the Houston Chronicle, S&P Global, and Hart Energy. He also has worked as a congressional reporter in Washington and as a statehouse and education reporter in his native Louisiana.

Paul Singer sits during a conference panel.
Investing
Phillips 66 and Elliott’s contentious proxy battle ends in split vote over fight to break up energy giant
By Jordan BlumMay 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during Trump's visit to the Middle East.
Politics
Why filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be the secret to success of Trump’s Middle East visit
By Jordan BlumMay 16, 2025
Chart compares change in stock price for oil refining companies
Investing
Phillips 66 sells Euro businesses valued at $2.8 billion ahead of Elliott proxy fight vote
By Jordan BlumMay 15, 2025
A pumpjack slowly nods up and down in New Mexico's desert Permian Basin landscape.
Features
Energy private equity patiently waits to pounce and lead the next wave of oil and gas M&A amid crude oil, tariff chaos
By Jordan BlumMay 15, 2025
Potential customers inspect a new BYD vehicle on a showroom floor.
Features
BP’s chief U.S. economist worries China is winning the global energy war. Here’s why
By Jordan BlumMay 14, 2025
NRG chairman Larry Coben speaks while seated, extending his arm for effect, at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.
Tech
NRG acquiring LS Power portfolio for nearly $10 billion to compete in “power-demand supercycle” of data centers
By Jordan BlumMay 12, 2025
ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance speaks while seated on stage at an energy conference in Houston.
Features
As the oil industry freezes up, ConocoPhillips CEO warns against cutting production too fast: ‘Don’t whipsaw this thing too hard right now’
By Jordan BlumMay 8, 2025
An oil pumpjack partially obscures the setting sun.
Features
A top CEO declared the U.S. oil industry has ‘peaked’
By Jordan BlumMay 6, 2025
A Sunoco checkered flag is waved at a Nascar race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Features
Sunoco buying Parkland for $9 billion to create largest retail fueling and convenience store giant in the Americas
By Jordan BlumMay 5, 2025
Map shows the top North American shale oil and gas basins
Features
As the mighty Permian Basin slows, Canada stands to rise in the shale oil and gas world
By Jordan BlumMay 5, 2025
Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO Darren Woods talks while seated at a conference.
Investing
Exxon and Chevron hold the line against tariffs, OPEC, and plunging oil prices
By Jordan BlumMay 2, 2025
A worker is shown installing utility-scale solar panels in Nevada under the sun.
Environment
Top US solar firm sees stock plunge after big guidance drop from ‘significant challenges’ of Trump tariffs
By Jordan BlumApril 30, 2025
Pumpjacks are pictured at Diamondback Energy's operations in the Permian Basin.
Features
‘Extraordinary volatility’ from tariffs cancels energy deals and freezes M&A
By Jordan BlumApril 30, 2025
Woodside Energy CEO Meg O'Neill speaks while seated on the sidelines of an energy conference.
Features
The CEO of Australia gas giant Woodside explains what’s driving its ‘single biggest investment’ in US
By Jordan BlumApril 29, 2025
Lorenzo Simonelli speaks while seated during a panel at the CERAWeek conference in Houston.
Features
How Trump’s promise of ‘Drill, baby, drill’ faded to ‘Delay, baby, delay’ for oil companies
By Jordan BlumApril 25, 2025
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