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Telangana Government SchoolsAramco eyes new gas division and LNG pushSaudi Arabia Restarts East-West Oil PipelineIndia’s Russian Oil Imports Slide as Refiners Hunt for AlternativesUS Gasoline, Distillate Inventories Continue to Fall as Crude Stocks HoldChina’s giant crane for nuclear power plant constructionGE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T sign BWRX-300s MoUŠkoda JS to supply control rod drives for Rolls-Royce SMR’s reactorsLibya’s Largest Oilfield Hit by New Armed Group BlockadeOil Tumbles 3% as Iran Floats Hormuz Reopening Within a Week“We’re Living On An Oil Market Credit Card”: Analyst Sounds AlarmUK Gas Prices Force Ineos to Idle Three Chemical PlantsGenerate Capital sells anaerobic digestion business to UK and US platformsGenerate Capital sells anaerobic digestion business to UK and US platformsRevcoo to capture up to 8,000 tonnes of CO2 at Belgian zinc plantFortisBC moves ahead with 2.5 mtpa Tilbury LNG expansion with EA approvalFortisBC moves ahead with 2.5mtpa Tilbury LNG expansion with EA approvalMontauk Renewables opens $200m US agricultural biogas facilityIndia’s Oil Import Bill Jumps 48% as Crude Prices SoarSaudi Oil Lifeline May Reopen as Aramco Eyes Yanbu RestartING: Supply-Side Risks Stay Elevated Even as Oil Prices Pull BackNorth American Helium brings ‘Canada’s largest’ helium field onlineNorthern Ireland can generate 8TWh of biomethaneUSA Diesel Price Surges AgainVideo | Biogenic CO2: what’s changed since last year?ERC Clarifies Transmission Billing Adjustments During Force Majeure Events Under Open Access Transmission Service Rules In PhilippinesPureSky Energy’s 1.98 MW Community Solar Project Begins Operations In IllinoisOil Prices Reverse Course as Traders Watch US-Iran DiplomacyU.S. Threatens to Ground Iranian Airlines WorldwideSoaring Oil and Gas Prices Push Europe’s Inflation Fight Into 2027MSEDCL Awards 2 GW/4 GWh BESS Tender At INR 2.38–INR 2.40 Lakh/MW/MonthTotalEnergies Consolidates German Renewable Energy And Storage Activities Under New ‘Integrated Power Germany’ UnitFalcon enters California market through Encore acquisitionFalcon enters California market through Encore acquisitionLarger BOC Cryospeed tankers enter serviceMiddle East Weekly: Masdar Eyes 350 MW Solar + 200 MWh BESS, RWE–Masdar Eye €3B Offshore Wind, Lebanon Sets Sub-1.5 MW Solar Rules, Masdar–SOCAR Close 315 MW Solar, Riyadh Cement Signs 30 MW Solar PPA and More…China starts work on supercritical CO2 and molten salt energy projectStallion begins high-purity helium supply amid India’s semiconductor pushHungary Asks U.S. to Waive Tariffs Over Russian Oil PurchasesHormuz Blockage Puts Qatar’s $83 Billion LNG Bet at RiskPrague Caps Fuel Prices, Taxes Orlen’s ‘Windfall’ Refining MarginsFramatome secures first contract for higher enriched fuelSGE confident of UK SMR fleet prospectsNorth Sea oil and gas decline threatens 115,000-job workforce, report saysPower start-up for Mochovce 4Google agreement to support Georgia plant upratesSamsung C&T invests in Kairos PowerBechtel steps away from TerraPower projectWholesale Gas Prices Are Reaching Consumers Faster, ECB SaysSaudi Arabia Reroutes Oil Exports as Houthi Strikes Target YanbuEFC breaks ground on $210m-backed Texas manufacturing facilityU.S. Diesel Hits Record $6.50 as Global Fuel Crunch DeepensNorway’s Arctic Oil Pitch Falls Flat in BrusselsTrafigura Launches Volare Shipping to Cash In on Record Tanker RatesIndia’s Coal Demand Set to Jump 4.2% as Plant Stocks Hit Critical LowsThe $134bn AI wave set to revolutionise semiconductor fabs and gas procurementVorn Bioenergy acquires five biogas plants in ItalyHas the Oil Market Changed Forever?Equigas forms two new authorised distributor partnershipsEquigas forms two new authorised distributor partnershipsOil Prices Slide as Traders Bet on Iran DiplomacyStrait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls Further as Saudi Oil Flows RiseEurope’s Fuel Crisis Spreads From Diesel to Jet FuelPakistan Secures Second Qatari LNG Cargo Through Hormuz After Iran DealPV Hardware Expands South African Presence with New Office, Strengthening Local Operational and Technical SupportAvaada’s 3 GW Solar Cell Facility in Nagpur Draws Fadnavis Praise as Maharashtra Targets Major Solar Manufacturing ExpansionBack-Contact Solar Is Gaining Ground: What Could It Mean for TOPCon’s Dominance?Pekat Group Secures 470-Acre Kedah Land Lease For Solar And BESS DevelopmentFirst Gen Plans Up To ₱160 Billion Renewable Energy Investment Through 2031 In Philippines
Thu. Sep 24th, 2026

KEEP IT DOWN! Trump Tells Everyone to Keep Oil Prices Down After Iran Attacks

Trump followed up with another post addressed to the U.S. Department of Energy, encouraging it to “drill, baby, drill” and saying, “I mean now.”

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright responded, “We’re on it!” in a post on X.

It was not immediately clear what the energy department could do to boost oil and gas drilling, which hit record highs during the previous administration of former President Joe Biden and which Trump wants to take even higher. The Energy Department did not immediately respond to a question on Wright’s comment.

Global benchmark Brent oil prices oscillated on Monday, touching a five-month high before falling more than 1% to $76.10 a barrel as oil and gas transit continued on tankers from the Middle East after U.S. air strikes against Iran over the weekend.

The United States could tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the world’s largest emergency crude oil stash, in the case of severe interruptions. But the Trump administration has criticized Biden’s use of the SPR after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

(Reporting by Katharine Jackson, Timothy Gardner and Ryan Patrick Jones, editing by Deepa Babington)

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