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• US Drillers Cut Oil and Gas Rigs for First Time in Three Weeks
  U.S. energy firms this week cut the total number of oil and natural...
  U.S. energy firms this week cut the total number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Sept. 22.
  
  The total oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by 11 to 630 in the week to Sept. 22, the lowest since February 2022.
  
  Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down to 134 rigs, or 18%, below this time last year.
  
  U.S. oil rigs fell by eight to 507 this week, their lowest since February 2022, while gas rigs dropped by three to 118.
  
  
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices for Friday
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 40 cents to $90.03 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for November delivery fell 3 cents to $93.27 a barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for October delivery fell 6 cents to $2.56 a gallon. October heating oil fell 6 cents to $3.31 a gallon. October natural gas rose 3 cents to $2.64 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Stock retreat creates worst week for S&P 500, Nasdaq since March
  U.S. stocks capped off a rocky week by finishing lower on Friday...
  U.S. stocks capped off a rocky week by finishing lower on Friday after erasing their gains from earlier in the session as the Federal Reserve’s warning that it plans to keep interest rates higher for longer continued to reverberate across global markets.
  
  The S&P 500 SPX fell 10.17 points, or 0.2%, to finish Friday at 4,319.93. It marked the fourth straight session in the red, the longest streak of daily losses since early August. Also, the benchmark index fell 2.9% on the week, its biggest such drop since the week ended March 10, when the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sparked a painful but short-lived selloff. The Nasdaq Composite COMP fell 12.18 points, or 0.1%, to 13,211.81, capping off a weekly loss of 3.6%, also the index’s worst since March 10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 106.38 points, or 0.3%, to 33,964.44, falling 1.9% on the week, its worst in about a month. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have now fallen during six of the last eight weeks.
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• Cushing, Okla. oil hub faces inventory squeeze
  In a sign of growing oil market tightness, oil inventories at...
  In a sign of growing oil market tightness, oil inventories at the Cushing, Okla., oil hub have dipped to 22.9 million barrels after six consecutive weeks of declines, which is close to the facility's minimum operating range of 20-22 million barrels. A recent Keystone pipeline disruption has aggravated the situation, causing prices for both fuel and US sweet physical crude to rise.
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• Crude oil prices climb after Russia bans gas and diesel exports
  Oil prices climbed on Friday, trading near the highest level in 10 months seen earlier this week, after...
  Oil prices climbed on Friday, trading near the highest level in 10 months seen earlier this week, after news Thursday that Russia has banned the export of diesel and gasoline which has pushed up prices in Europe.
  
  West Texas Intermediate crude futures for November delivery rose $1.43 to $91.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
  
  November Brent crude futures increased by $1.20, to $94.50 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
  
  October gasoline rose by 0.7% to $2.59 a gallon, while October heating oil gained 0.6% to $3.386 a gallon.
  
  November natural gas rose by 1.5% to $2.88 per million British thermal units.
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