The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 547,  down 37 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs specifically rose by 1 to 408 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 64 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 1 after rising by 4 in the week prior. Gas rigs now sit at 130, which is 22 more than this time last year. The…

1 de mayo de 2026.- La agencia espacial rusa Roscosmos anunció hoy el exitoso lanzamiento de prueba del nuevo cohete lanzador de la clase media Soyuz-5, desde el cosmódromo de Baikanur en la estepa kazaja. La primera y la segunda etapa del Soyuz-5 funcionaron según lo previsto, y la maqueta de la...

1 de mayo de 2026.- El acuerdo comercial de la Unión Europea (UE) con Mercosur entra en vigencia de manera provisional este 1 de mayo, pese a que sigue pendiente un fallo judicial en Europa sobre su legalidad. El acuerdo para crear una de las mayores zonas de libre ...

Chevron beat first-quarter expectations as higher oil prices lifted upstream earnings, offsetting a sharp swing to losses in refining. Adjusted earnings came in at $1.41 per share, well above expectations. Upstream delivered $3.9 billion, up 4% year-on-year, as crude prices surged during the quarter. Brent spent much of the period moving higher on disruptions tied to the Iran conflict and the effective shutdown of flows through the Strait of Hormuz. For Chevron, that price move did the heavy lifting for the quarter. Chevron’s production footprint…