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Global benchmark Brent crude surged nearly $2 a barrel on Thursday, lifted by concern about a steep drop in exports from Venezuela and worries OPEC may not raise production at its meeting this month.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up $1.96 a barrel, or 2.6 percent at $77.32. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose $1.22, or 1.88 percent to $65.95 a barrel....

W.C. Steinmann says his family roots in southeast Texas date back to 1882.
The 74-year-old rancher lives in DeWitt County, between San Antonio and Victoria, an area surrounded by oil and natural gas fields. Steinmann and other local property owners say the oil and gas boom is destroying the rural road system....

The head of the EPA remembers his trip to Wyoming in March very well, and thinks that Powder River Basin coal should be sold overseas, according to a recorded interview with the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news website.
Of course, that’s not a novel idea in the Cowboy State. The problem is getting the coal to an export terminal on the coast for a low enough price that it’s an economic venture. Currently, there is no Wyoming coal making it to Asia....

A new oil rig will rise behind a middle school in this sprawling county in the coming months, its slender tower bearing an announcement: fracking is back.
After a downturn that began in 2015, oil and gas production is booming again, and new projects are sprouting along American freeways and padding government budgets, cheered by state legislatures, the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration...