Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Vista buys Petronas' Argentina oil stake in $1.5 billion deal- oil and gas 360

Vista buys Petronas’ Argentina oil stake in $1.5 billion deal

(World Oil) – Vista Energy has acquired Petronas’ 50% stake in a region of the Vaca Muerta shale basin in a deal valued at $1.5 billion USD. The purchase price is comprised of US$ 900 million in cash, US$ 300 million in deferred cash payments and 7,297,507 American Depositary Shares. LACh spans across 46,594 acres in the black oil window of

Ball in China’s court for trade talks, White House says- oil and gas 360

Ball in China’s court for trade talks, White House says

(Investing) – WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump is open to making a trade deal with China but Beijing should make the first move, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. “The ball is in China’s court: China needs to make a deal with us, we don’t have to make a deal with them,” Leavitt told a press briefing,

Mexico halts U.S. fuel imports by truck amid crackdown on illegal sales- oil and gas 360

Mexico halts U.S. fuel imports by truck amid crackdown on illegal sales

(Oil Price) – Mexico has temporarily suspended imports of fuels from the United States by truck as it is stepping up inspections of permits in a bid to clamp down on illegal fuel trades, sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters. As Mexico is stepping up cargo inspections, trucks loaded with diesel and gasoline are currently not being allowed to

US Army Corps grants emergency status for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel- oil and gas 360

US Army Corps grants emergency status for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel

(BOE Report) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday granted Enbridge’s proposed tunnel for its Line 5 pipeline national energy emergency status, fast-tracking a key federal permitting process. President Donald Trump had ordered the Army Corps to issue permits enabling the filling of wetlands and dredging or building in waterways as part of the January 20 emergency energy declaration,

Ukraine, U.S. make ’substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says- oil and gas 360

Ukraine, U.S. make ’substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says

(Investing) – KYIV -Ukraine and the United States have made “substantial progress” in their talks on a minerals deal and will sign a memorandum in the near future, first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion. Trump

U.S. crude oil inventories decrease by 6.1 million barrels- oil and gas 360

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 0.5 million barrels

Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of April 11, 2025 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 0.5 million barrels from the previous week.  At 442.9 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are 6% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and petroleum weekly storage data,