
SLB, Liberty Energy to Form Strategic Alliance for Data Center Infrastructure and Power
(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: Liberty Energy will present at EneCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference at the Westin Downtown, August 17-19, 2026. Register to attend. Planned alliance combines modular infrastructure and integrated power solutions designed to accelerate

SLB, Liberty Energy to Form Strategic Alliance for Data Center Infrastructure and Power
(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: Liberty Energy will present at EneCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference at the Westin Downtown, August 17-19, 2026. Register to attend. Planned alliance combines modular infrastructure and integrated power solutions designed to accelerate global data center deployment HOUSTON

New York imposes first ever moratorium on U.S. data centers
(Oil Price) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the country’s first-ever

EU moves to delay methane rule penalties for oil and gas imports
(World Oil) – The European Union’s executive arm wants to adopt recommendations next

America extends its lead over Russia and Saudi Arabia in oil output
(Oil Price) – While the United States has been the world’s biggest consumer

New York imposes first ever moratorium on U.S. data centers
(Oil Price) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the country’s first-ever executive order imposing a statewide moratorium on new large-scale data centers for up to one year. The order freezes the permitting process for new data centers requiring 50 megawatts or more

EU moves to delay methane rule penalties for oil and gas imports
(World Oil) – The European Union’s executive arm wants to adopt recommendations next week delaying penalties on energy imports that fail to comply with the bloc’s controversial methane emissions regulation. Disagreements over the regulation—which targets emissions of the potent greenhouse gas

America extends its lead over Russia and Saudi Arabia in oil output
(Oil Price) – While the United States has been the world’s biggest consumer of oil for decades, it became the largest oil producer, too, back in 2018, and has retained that crown ever since. The shale revolution and the growth in
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Weekly Inventories
U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 3.0 million barrels
Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of July 3, 2026 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum
Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase by 61 Bcf
Natural Gas Inventories as of July 3, 2026 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net
U.S. rig count increased by 7, is at 580
This week’s Baker Hughes Rig Count shows that the U.S. increased by 7 last week, resulting in a total count