Energy News Today

Name

Energy News Today

Legal name

Energy News Today, Inc.

Website

https://energynewstoday.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Market Intelligence / Downstream Energy News

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Refinery news
• Energy market intelligence
• Crude oil trading
• Petroleum import export
• Downstream energy data

Headquarters

HQ city

Toms River, New Jersey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription News Service: Energy News Today operates as a subscription-based news and intelligence service providing US refinery news, trading information, imports and exports data. The service offers a free 2-week trial membership for potential clients, after which paid subscription is required. The revenue model is recurring subscription-based, with the service positioned as an authoritative B2B information source for energy market professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Energy News Today is a subscription-based B2B news and intelligence service delivering US refinery news, crude oil and petroleum product trading data, and import/export flow information to professional energy market participants. The service is delivered exclusively through a gated web portal at energynewstoday.com, requiring user registration and login, and offers a free 2-week trial to qualified business, governmental, academic, or institutional email holders before paid subscription.

Product overview

Energy News Today is a single subscription-based service offering comprehensive US energy market intelligence, including refinery news, trading data, and import/export information. The company was founded in September 2001 by Tony Mercandetti and Keith Sawyer, both veterans from Bridge News/Knight Ridder Financial, Bloomberg LP, and McGraw Hill's Petroleum Publications. The service operates as a membership-based portal requiring user registration and login, with content available to registered members including recent headlines on crude oil, ethanol, and petroleum product markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Energy News Today Subscription Service A subscription-based energy market intelligence service providing daily US refinery news, crude oil and petroleum product trading information, and import/export flow data to professional energy traders, refining market analysts, and downstream energy professionals. Access is gated through an authenticated member portal, with a free 2-week trial offered to qualified business, governmental, academic, or institutional email holders before paid subscription.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• OPIS (Oil Price Information Service): Subscription-based US fuel pricing and refinery news service targeting downstream market participants — a close functional analogue to ENT's refinery and trading intelligence product.
• Hart Energy: B2B energy industry publisher covering upstream, midstream, and downstream news for professional audiences — a directly comparable subscription media model targeting energy market participants.
• DTN: Subscription-based market intelligence and weather data provider with energy and agricultural commodity coverage; comparable recurring subscription distribution model serving trader and commercial customers.
• Argus Media: Subscription-based energy commodities news, pricing, and market data with deep coverage of refining, crude oil, and petroleum product trading — directly overlapping ENT's downstream energy intelligence offering for institutional traders.

Emerging players

• Vortexa: Real-time global oil and refined products cargo tracking and analytics platform serving energy traders; overlaps with ENT's import/export intelligence offering through technology-driven data delivery.
• Kpler: Data and analytics platform for commodity flows including oil, gas, and refined products — a technology-native challenger that provides an alternative to traditional curated news for trading desks.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): Major energy and commodities price reporting agency with benchmark refinery assessments and news; competes with ENT in the US downstream intelligence niche but serves a much broader commodities universe.
• Bloomberg L.P. Global financial data and news platform with a substantial energy desk covering refining and crude trading; ENT's founders came from Bloomberg, and Bloomberg's terminal product overlaps with ENT's institutional trader subscription.
• Reuters / Refinitiv (LSEG): Broad financial news and energy commodities data provider; competes in downstream oil market intelligence as part of a much wider news and data portfolio for institutional trading customers.
• Wood Mackenzie (formerly Genscape): Energy research and data platform with significant downstream and refining intelligence coverage; competes for the same institutional trading audience but operates at much larger scale and scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/energy-news-today

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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