The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday as operators continue to scale back activity amid weak prices and cautious capital spending. The total rig count in the US fell …

Oil prices continued to move higher on Friday morning in Asia, supported by renewed optimism surrounding U.S.-EU trade negotiations and expectations that Russia will restrict gasoline exports. Even reports of Chevron’s return to Venezuela, which analysts estimate could add around 200,000 barrels per day to global supply, have been unable …

Three weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA)” that pretty much sounded the death knell for the nascent green hydrogen sector. Whereas OBBBA did not outright cancel the Section 45V clean hydrogen production tax credits as earlier feared, it did accelerate …

U.S. refiners are reassessing Latin American crude sourcing strategies after President Donald Trump’s administration granted Chevron the authority to resume and expand operations in Venezuela, signaling a shift in sanctions enforcement that could revive heavy crude flows to Gulf Coast plants. The change follows more than a year of tightened …

Amazon Web Services has cancelled plans for a €300-million server rack manufacturing plant in Dublin’s Ballycoolin industrial zone, citing an inability to secure timely electricity access from Ireland’s grid operator, ESB Networks, Irish media reported on Friday. The facility, which would have supported Amazon’s expanding AI infrastructure, was expected to …

Shell has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the development of the Mina West offshore gas field in Egypt’s Mediterranean waters, a move aimed at alleviating the country’s widening domestic supply gap and reinforcing its integrated gas strategy. The announcement, made jointly with Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), …

Lower demand for crude oil from refiners at home gave a boost to U.S. exports of the commodity, turning it into a net exporter to OPEC member Nigeria in two of the seven months since the start of this year. The news comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which …

New car sales in the European Union last month dropped by 7.2% in the latest sign of the continuing struggles of the car manufacturing sector amid attempts to electrify their lineup in compliance with government regulations. In the first half of the year, total new car registrations in the EU …

U.S. exports of crude oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal reached a total of zero last month amid the continuing trade war that had China impose retaliatory tariffs on these U.S. commodities, which led to a slump in purchases. In liquefied natural gas, Chinese buyers have been at zero since …

Russia’s natural gas production fell 3.2% in the first half of 2025, reaching 334.8?billion cubic meters (bcm), as higher exports to China and increased domestic demand failed to offset the collapse of pipeline flows to Europe, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The drop, confirmed by federal statistics and Bloomberg analysis, reflects …