Today in Oil and Gas https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html US Energy Chief Exhorts Data Center Backers to Push Back Against Opponents US Oil Production Rises to Record High in April, EIA Says US Natgas Advances 3% on Rising LNG Flows, Record Heat Iran War and AI Boom Drive Wild Ride on Global Markets COMMENTARY: 2025 Review of Global Energy Consumption – William Lacey Enverus Acquires PDS Exchange Assets, Expanding its Operating Network Across U.S. Energy Markets Hormuz Disruption to Stall 2026 LNG Trade, Demand to Rise by 2050, says Shell Alberta Set to Reveal Next Move on Proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline US Working on Ban Targeting Chinese Energy Inverters, Sources Say US Leads Global CO2 Emissions Increase in 2025, Report Finds Trump Urges Gasoline Retailers to Lower Prices, Warns of ‘Big Problems’ If They Don’t Enbridge Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary; Announces $2.5M Founding Gift to Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota Oil Prices Climb 2% After Cargo Ship Hit by Projectile Near Oman Oil Stocks in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fall by 5.5 Million to Lowest Level Since 1983 De-Mining of the Strait of Hormuz to be Carried Out Only by Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Says AI Will Drive a Strong US Earnings Season, Goldman’s Snider Says Security of Vessels Passing Outside Designated Hormuz Routes is Not Guaranteed, Iranian Authority Says Middle East Producers Push on With Oil and LNG Loadings Despite Ship Attacks Duke Energy to Terminate North Carolina Offshore Wind Lease Iraq’s Push for Bigger OPEC Quota Driven by Revenue Pressures, New Oil Investment COMMENTARY: Data Centers Aren’t the Real US Power Problem. Outdated Policy is – Douglas J. Arent Mediators Set Up De-Escalation Channels Ahead of US-Iran Talks, Source Says Middle East Producers Push on With Oil, LNG Loadings Despite Ship Attacks Australian Energy Exploration Hits 10-Year High in Hunt for Gas Hormuz Oil Exodus Sets Stage for Chaotic Rebalancing Act: Bousso Saudi Aramco Helicopter Crash Kills 14 Nationals, State News Agency Says EYEING MORE: Chevron Eyes More Deals to Power US Data Centers Power Outage Forces Venezuela’s Largest Refinery to Shut Down, Sources say Occidental’s New CEO Tested by Debt, Lagging Stock Price and Big Dividend Payments to Berkshire IN TALKS: Williams in Talks on $5.5 Billion Deal for Momentum Midstream – Report US Natural Gas Drops on Cooler Outlooks as July Contract Expires Magnolia Oil & Gas Is in Lead to Acquire WildFire for Over $4 Billion AMERICAN ENERGY SNAPSHOT: America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Prices Dive as More Tankers Move Through Strait of Hormuz US Refining Capacity Fell by 263,000 Barrels Per Day in 2025, Says EIA US Diesel Refining Economics Remain Firm Despite Iran War Truce Chevron Eyes More Deals to Power US Data Centers US Energy Firms Add Most Rigs in a Week Since June 2022, Baker Hughes Says UAE Stresses Hormuz Security in Rare Call With Iran After War Tensions Barclays Cuts Brent Price Forecasts for 2026 and 2027 Iran Insists on Right to Control Shipping in Strait of Hormuz After Ship Hit Near Oman Ukraine Attacks Russian Energy Sites – What Has Been Hit? Trump Clean Energy Tax Credit Cutoff Drives Project Rush as Prices Set to Soar Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Slows After Attack on Ship Oil Set for Hefty Weekly Losses as Tankers Exit Strait of Hormuz TotalEnergies Must Address Climate Risks Linked to its Products, French Court Rules Oil Steadies as US and Iran Agree to Halt Attacks Cargo Ship Reports Suspected Attack While Crossing Hormuz Fire Extinguished at Monroe Energy’s Trainer Refinery in Pennsylvania Stalled Trump Administration Permits Threaten $121 Bln in Wind and Solar Investment – Report