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The U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday revised its earlier forecasts to reflect a much bigger and lengthier hit to global oil supplies from the Iran war than it previously projected, highlighting the uncertainty that has roiled broader energy markets since the conflict began three months ago. Energy analysts have found it difficult to predict the length and depth of disruptions to oil markets from the war in the Middle East, especially as U.S. President Donald Trump has issued [Read more]

The U.S. and China are expected to inch toward a managed trade mechanism for non-sensitive goods this week, with each side possibly identifying some $30 billion worth of goods on which they could reduce tariffs and sell to each other without crossing national security red lines. The so-called "Board of Trade" was first broached by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in March as a key "deliverable" agreement for this week's high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese [Read more]

Global oil supply will not meet total demand this year as the Iran war wreaks havoc on Middle East oil production, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report on Wednesday. "With Hormuz tanker traffic still restricted, cumulative supply losses from Gulf producers already exceed 1 billion barrels with more than 14 million (barrels per day) of oil now shut in, an unprecedented supply shock," the agency said. Its base-case forecast is for a gradual resumption of [Read more]

CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (“Calfrac”) (TSX–CFW) is pleased to announce the voting results of the election of directors at its annual and special meeting of shareholders held today. Each of the nominees proposed as a director, including new nominee Ken Wagner, were elected as directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are elected or appointed. Detailed results of the voting for each nominee [Read more]

BP has not resumed contract talks with a U.S. steelworkers’ union since locking out more than 800 workers at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery in March, the union said on Tuesday, accusing the company of delaying negotiations while claiming publicly it wants to bargain. The United Steelworkers said it again sought to restart talks last week but was told BP was unavailable to meet for nearly two weeks. (Reporting by Anmol Choubey in Bengaluru; Editing by Nia Williams) [Read more]