1336 ET - The number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. rose for a fifth consecutive week, increasing by four to 429, Baker Hughes reports. "The enduring Iran-U.S. war and increasing visibility into a longer-term global call on supply is sending the rig count steeply higher toward an 11-month high," EBW Analytics says in a report this week. While many medium-to-larger producers were initially slower to react to lost supply, "the massive drawdown in global inventories is increasing confidence in a long-lasting supply disruption, with even a post-war rebuilding of commercial and strategic oil stockpiles likely to last at least 12-18 months-if not multiple years." Rigs directed at natural gas are unchanged this week at 125. (anthony.harrup@wsj.com)
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