Why the Oil Market is Tight Despite Big OPEC+ Output Hikes

OPEC+ oil producers have used high summer demand to launch their first output increases in three years, but those targets have proved difficult to hit, leaving the market surprisingly tight. On paper, the world’s largest group of oil-producing countries should be pumping an extra 2.5 million barrels of oil a day in September versus March, …

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Trump May Look Like He’s Winning the Trade War, But Hurdles Remain

At a glance, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be winning the trade war he unleashed after returning to the White House in January, bending major trading partners to his will, imposing double-digit tariff rates on nearly all imports, narrowing the trade deficit, and raking in tens of billions of dollars a month in much-needed …

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Gulfport Energy Isn’t Talking Potential M&A Right Now

After teasing big M&A plans in the first-quarter, Gulfport Energy simply said it is focused on its $7 million land acquisition in the Utica play in Ohio and its plans to do up to $100 million of total land bolt-ons this year in its second-quarter 2025 earnings call.