Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept cookies
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • ‘Dare to fight’: Xi Jinping unveils China’s new world order
    • Donald Trump indicted on criminal charges in New York
    • Donald Trump to surrender to New York prosecutors on Tuesday
    • Donald Trump indictment thrusts a divided nation into new chapter of chaos
    • Eurozone inflation falls sharply to 6.9% as energy costs recede
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Companies
      Sections
      • Companies Home
      • Banks in turmoil
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
      Most Read
      • Colm Kelleher: Irish financial crisis veteran orchestrating Credit Suisse takeover
      • UK is global equity markets ‘backwater’, Nick Train warns
      • Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth
      • Dealmaking at 10-year low in first quarter as bank crisis hits confidence
      • Rolls-Royce replaces finance director as new chief shakes up top team
    • Tech
    • Markets
      Sections
      • Markets Home
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      Most Read
      • Prepare for a multipolar currency world
      • Live news updates from March 31: Nasdaq posts biggest quarterly gain since 2020, Eurozone inflation slows
      • Flood of cash into US money market funds could add to banking strains
      • UK is global equity markets ‘backwater’, Nick Train warns
      • A lamentation of investment bankers
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      Sections
      • Opinion Home
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
      Most Read
      • Prepare for a multipolar currency world
      • Why are Americans dying so young?
      • We are living through a trillion-dollar rebalancing
      • Law versus man: Trump’s courtroom drama begins
      • The wheels of justice turn for a former US president
    • Work & Careers
      Sections
      • Work & Careers Home
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      Most Read
      • Boomerang chief executives provide comfort in times of crisis
      • Matthew Desmond: ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’
    • Life & Arts
      Sections
      • Life & Arts Home
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
      Most Read
      • Serhiy Prytula: ‘The defence minister said: “Try to buy a satellite.” I thought he was joking’
      • I used AI to bet on horse-racing. Here’s what happened
      • Homebuyers chase their European dreams despite economic outlook
      • Gwyneth Paltrow, ‘stealth wealth’ star of the courtroom catwalk
      • Chinese artists test censorship’s new red line
    • HTSI
    MenuSearch
    • Home
    • World
    • US
    • Companies
    • Tech
    • Markets
    • Climate
    • Opinion
    • Work & Careers
    • Life & Arts
    • HTSI
    Financial Times
    SubscribeSign In

    Derek Brower

    US energy editor

    Derek Brower leads the FT's energy coverage in the US, the world's biggest and most dynamic market, reporting on companies and investors from Texas to New York; the shale patch to the solar sector; and from Washington oil politics to the environment and transition.

    Brower is also the editor of Energy Source, the FT's must-read energy newsletter, published twice a week.

    He has covered energy and global politics for 20 years, working across the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and Russia.

    Email Derek Brower @derek_brower  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

    Add to myFT Digest

    Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

    • Saturday, 1 April, 2023
      On Wall StreetOil & Gas industry
      Energy security is trumping climate concerns

      Fossil fuel producers lifted by a new rush to shore up supplies

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      Chickens are ‘coming home to roost’ in the shale patch Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, long-delayed guidance on the electric vehicle tax credit

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      Is the oil price bounce on? Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a breakthrough for private investment in Mexico’s energy sector

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      Fears of an energy price surge percolate through sector Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the push towards greener jet fuel

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Sempra’s $13bn LNG project gets the greenlight Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the UN warns on the ‘climate time-bomb’

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil markets hit a year-low following banking rout Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, we explain how the US decides what counts as ‘green’ hydrogen

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Oil
      Oil caught up in banking fears as US crude drops below $70 a barrel

      Prices slide on worries that stress in financial sector will spread to broader economy

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      US set to become world’s largest LNG exporter Premium content

      A banner day for American fossil fuels

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      US energy secretary offers olive branch to EU in green subsidies row

      Jennifer Granholm says in interview that Washington wants to ‘make sure we can do this in a way that lifts all’

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      US taps big trading houses to help move price-capped Russian oil

      Treasury officials reassure world’s largest commodity traders over return to shipping Russian barrels

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      Inside the biggest debates at CERAWeek Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, US solar installations fall for the first time in five years

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil executives warn of higher prices now that Opec is back ‘in charge’

      Warning that the balance of supply and demand is ‘on a razor’

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      The new energy world order Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the largest market for EVs steps on the brakes

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Natural gas
      Gunvor chief says loss of Russian gas will cement US export role

      Energy executives see lasting change in global energy market after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      BP insists it is not slowing green transition to cash in on high oil prices

      Boss of US operations says renewables strategy unchanged despite company planning aggressive production increases

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Can Shell close the valuation gap with US rivals?

      Investors divided on new chief executive’s push to narrow distance from Exxon and Chevron while pursuing transition

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      The world is at risk of a ‘disorderly’ energy transition Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, despite the Inflation Reduction Act, US battery imports from China increase

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Energy Source
      What’s coming down the ‘fairway’ for the shale patch Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, EU-US green subsidies dispute may be overblown

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Shell explored quitting Europe and moving to the US

      Executives discussed potential shift in 2021 in effort to close group’s valuation gap with US rivals

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US makes ‘no apologies’ for prioritising American jobs, clean energy tsar tells EU

      John Podesta pushes back at European criticism of $369bn climate spending

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Energy Source
      A year of disarray for global energy markets Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a flood of investment in US LNG production

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Energy Source
      Inside America’s energy revolution Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, why are global oil markets relatively calm

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      The US plan to become the world’s cleantech superpower

      The Biden administration’s revolution in American industrial policy is a gamble with huge geopolitical ramifications

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Energy Source
      Why a deals boom is brewing in the US oil patch Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, US tries to wrest control of the clean energy supply chain from China

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      Rush for US clean energy subsidies boosts brokers and lawyers

      Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is sparking a revolution in financing for renewables

    Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

    Useful links

    Support

    View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

    Legal & Privacy

    Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

    Services

    Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT ChannelsSecondary Schools

    Tools

    PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

    Community & Events

    FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

    More from the FT Group

    Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2023. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
    The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
    Financial Times

    International Edition

    Subscribe for full access
    • Switch to UK Edition

    Top sections

    • Home
    • World
      • Global Economy
      • UK
      • US
      • China
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • Emerging Markets
      • Europe
      • War in Ukraine
      • Americas
      • Middle East & North Africa
      • Australia & NZ
    • US
      • US Economy
      • US Companies
      • US Politics & Policy
    • Companies
      • Banks in turmoil
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
    • Tech
    • Markets
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
    • Work & Careers
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
    • Life & Arts
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
    • Personal Finance
      • Property & Mortgages
      • Investments
      • Pensions
      • Tax
      • Banking & Savings
      • Advice & Comment
      • Next Act
    • HTSI
    • Special Reports

    FT recommends

    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Lunch with the FT
    • FT Globetrotter
    • #techAsia
    • Moral Money
    • FTfm
    • Newsletters
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • News feed
    • FT Live Events
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
    • myFT
    • Portfolio
    • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
    • Crossword
    • Our Apps
    • Help Centre
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In