Sunday, August 31, 2025
Why overly confident U.S. drillers ditched their hedges- oil and gas 360

Why overly confident U.S. drillers ditched their hedges

Oil Price Hedging is a popular trading strategy frequently used by oil and gas producers, airlines and other heavy consumers of energy commodities to protect themselves against market fluctuations. During times of falling crude prices, oil producers normally use a short hedge to lock in oil prices if they believe prices are likely to go even lower in the future.  

U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 585- oil and gas 360

U.S. rig count had an increase of 2 this week, at 770

Oil and Gas 360 This week’s Baker Hughes Rig Count shows that U.S. had an increase of 2 over last week, resulting in a total count of 770 rigs. Canada had a decrease of 3 over last week, resulting in a total Canadian count of 209 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, the Ardmore Woodford

GOP plans to offer oil, gas and trees as climate fixes in next Congress- oil and gas 360

GOP plans to offer oil, gas and trees as climate fixes in next Congress

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Republicans in Congress are dusting off past plans to address climate change as they prepare for the likely prospect they will win control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections next week. Their ideas include planting millions of trees and boosting energy efficiency, hydropower, nuclear energy and carbon sequestration. They would also

Oil climbs 3% as dollar slips and EU ban looms- oil and gas 360

Oil climbs 3% as dollar slips and EU ban looms

Nasdaq LONDON -Oil prices rose by 4% on Friday as the dollar eased, with an EU ban on Russian oil looming large and investors weighing the prospects for an easing of China’s COVID curbs.   Though fears of global recession capped gains, Brent crude futures were up $3.81, or 4.02%, at $98.48 a barrel by 1307 GMT, set for a