Oracle’s $165 Billion Data Center Plan Gets a Gas Pipeline Delay

Oracle’s ambitious $165 billion Project Jupiter data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico—near the U.S.-Mexico border—has hit a low-tech but high-stakes snag. The natural gas pipeline critical to powering it will not be ready on the original timeline. Energy Transfer subsidiary Transwestern Pipeline has delayed the in-service date for its Green Chile Project […]

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US Weekly Rig Count Up Slightly

The latest WellDatabase US Rig Report (dated August 7, 2026) shows the national active rig count rising modestly by 3 week-over-week to 583, up 42 from the same period a year earlier. Oil-directed rigs accounted for the bulk of activity at 427 (+1), with gas-directed rigs holding steady at 127 and smaller contributions from thermal […]

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