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President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betting the oil-price shock sparked by the Iran crisis will be too short-lived to hurt them politically in November, but traders and industry analysts see signs that U.S. pump prices will stay painfully high long after any diplomatic breakthrough. Oil prices have surged as the conflict disrupted global supply. U.S. crude topped $100 a barrel for the first time since the 2022 Russia-Ukraine shock. U.S. diesel climbed above $5 a gallon, its [Read more]

OTTAWA - As war rages on in the Middle East, a new Leger poll suggests most Canadians believe the government of Canada should remain neutral, while one in four say Canada should support the United States and Israel in their attacks on Iran. The poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,608 Canadians between March 13 and March 16. Respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with several statements about what the Canadian [Read more]

Central banks have good reason to sit up and take notice of how this month's oil shock is hitting inflation expectations. Yet financial market pricing shows a split picture so far. It looks like a one-two punch: a near-term cost-of-living burst that subsides again over the longer term. The core debate in a week packed with major monetary policy meetings is whether an inflation spurt warrants interest rate rises - or whether central banks should treat the Iran-related energy supply shock as [Read more]

Markets on edge about the Iran-war-driven oil shock are extrapolating today's stress far into the future - and may thus be badly misjudging how dovish the Federal Reserve will be this year. The oil price spike, which sent Brent crude into triple digits last week, has increased U.S. inflation risks and reduced market expectations for Fed policy easing just as the Federal Open Market Committee was getting set to meet on March 17-18. Going into 2026, money markets priced two to three interest [Read more]

BP on Tuesday said itwill lock out approximately 800 United Steelworkers members from its 440,000 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana, refinery starting at 12:00 a.m. on March 19, citing a breakdown in negotiations over a new labor agreement. The British oil major ended its 24-hour rolling contract extension and issued a lockout notice after the union rejected proposals that BP considers essential for the facility's long-term sustainability. Maintenance employees were told not to report after [Read more]

Here are the latest oil and gas job postings courtesy BOE Report Jobs. To search and filter all the latest jobs, visit the BOE Report job board. All job listings are free to post for companies. Sign up to create an account to post jobs; it’s simple and easy to use. Mar. 16 Lab Technician Roska DBO Fort McMurray Mar. 13 Journeyperson Electrician Strike Group Saskatoon Mar. 11 Local Field Operator Roska DBO Dawson Creek Mar. 10 Local Gas Plant Operator Roska [Read more]

CALGARY, Alberta, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (“Gran Tierra” or the “Company”) (NYSE American:GTE)(TSX:GTE)(LSE:GTE) is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract (collectively, “the Contract”) whereby the Company is expected to earn, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions precedent, a 49 percent working interest (“WI”) in the Tisquirama block located in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin of Colombia (“the Block”) which contains the Tisquirama [Read more]

CALGARY, Alberta, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (“Gran Tierra” or the “Company”) (NYSE American:GTE) (TSX:GTE) (LSE:GTE) announces that the Company has scheduled its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Friday, May 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Our Annual Meeting will be held as a virtual-only stockholder meeting with participation occurring electronically as explained further in our Proxy Statement. Shareholders will be [Read more]