Oil rebounds as risk premiums lift Brent and WTI, while natural gas stabilizes near $3.35 amid weak demand growth and lingering supply uncertainty.
Oil prices rose for a second day on Friday, set for their third weekly gain, on uncertainty about the future of supply from Venezuela and as Iranian unrest increases concerns about output there.

Trump's Risky Fixation With Other Countries' Oil

09:00pm, Thursday, 08'th Jan 2026
Venezuela operation reflects a long-held desire to leverage military might into control over energy—though falling prices are hurting U.S. producers.
Oil rose in the morning Asian session amid prospects of Russia-related sanctions that could lead to supply disruptions.
Russia, Iran and Venezuela have amassed an armada of aging tankers to move barrels around the world.
Panama's maritime authority on Thursday said it had canceled in January of last year the flag of the M Sophia, a Venezuela-linked oil tanker seized by the U.S. military this week.
‘Control of Venezuela oil is shifting rapidly from boardrooms to governments', says Nigel Green of deVere Group.
Crude oil triggered a one-day bullish reversal and is challenging 50-day resistance, with confirmation above $59.00 needed to validate a broader trend change and higher targets.
The U.S.-Venezuela relationship has been a tale of fortunes made and lost, with oil at the center—and with hints of potential challenges ahead for President Trump's plan.
U.S. oil major Chevron , global trading house Vitol and other oil traders, producers and refiners are competing to win deals for exports of Venezuelan crude as part of their talks with U.S. officials
Billionaire energy entrepreneur and Republican donor Harry Sargeant III and his team are advising the Trump administration on how the U.S. can engineer a return of some American oil companies to Venez
Foreign embassies in Venezuela are beginning to arrange visits for next week that will include representatives for American and European oil companies, two sources told Reuters, following the U.S. ann
U.S. hunt for Venezuela-linked tankers and unrest in Iran raise supply worries.
The president seeks to provide some relief at the nation's gas pumps, but some consider crude prices at $50 a barrel as too low for U.S. drillers.
The prospect of increased U.S. influence over Venezuela's oil industry is raising questions about Washington's potential future role in OPEC, the cartel of global oil producers that President Trump ha
Click to get the best stock tips daily for free!

Top Fintech Company

StockInvest.us featured in The Global Fintech Index 2020 as the top Fintech company of the country.

Full report by FINDEXABLE