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USA moves to open Gulf oil and gas lease sale

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has announced plans for its third offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, scheduled for August 12, 2026, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The proposed BBG3 lease sale will offer around 15,066 blocks covering 80.4 million acres (more […]

US Threatens To Withdraw From IEA Over Net Zero Agenda

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has issued a one-year deadline for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to abandon its net-zero emissions agenda or risk the United States withdrawing from the organization. Speaking at an IEA ministerial meeting in Paris, Wright criticized IEA’s goal for the world to achieve net zero by 2050 as a “destructive illusion” with […]

USA Boards Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker

US forces boarded an oil tanker after a cat-and-mouse chase from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon said, as Washington expands its geographic scope in an ongoing crackdown on a global shadow fleet used to export sanctioned crude

Strategists Forecast USA Crude Inventory Build

In its latest weekly petroleum status report at the time of writing, which was released on July 30 and included data for the week ending July 25, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighted that U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the SPR, increased by 7.7 million barrels from the week ending July 18 to the week ending July 25.