Oil prices edged higher in early Asian trading on Monday, lifted by optimism over a new trade framework between the United States and China that has eased fears of a prolonged trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The partial thaw in tensions gave markets a boost, signaling a potential recovery in global demand sentiment after months of uncertainty.
Data center developers and the world’s largest tech firms are increasingly looking to natural gas as the fastest way to access the massive quantities of electricity needed to build artificial intelligence megacampuses, and it’s turning the country’s fracking hotbeds into digital infrastructure hubs.
Curious Minds Corner
What drilling fluid is commonly called “mud”?
Mud—a mixture of water, diesel or synthetic oil and additives for control and safet