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UK Antitrust Watchdog Says SLB-ChampionX Deal Could Lessen Competition

Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday that oilfield services company SLB’s proposed $8 billion deal to buy smaller rival ChampionX could result in a substantial lessening of competition within the UK. The deal would be referred for an in-depth probe unless SLB and ChampionX offer remedial measures, UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said, adding …

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European Gas Extends Drop With LNG Helping to Ease Supply Fears

European natural gas extended declines as ample supplies of LNG and warmer weather eased pressure on inventories after a rocky start to the year. Benchmark futures fell as much as 2.7%, with monthly imports of liquefied natural gas into northwest Europe set to jump more than 25% from a year earlier. Prices subsequently recouped some of that loss …

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Shale-Oil Bosses Slam Trump’s Tariffs in Anonymous Survey

By Emma Sanchez Shale-oil executives assailed President Donald Trump’s trade policies in an anonymous survey, saying his barrage of tariffs were sowing confusion and undermining his goal to unleash America’s energy might. “The administration’s chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets,” one executive said in the report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank …

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