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Shell, Chevron and BP Evacuate Gulf Platforms as Tropical Storm Isaias Takes Aim at the US Coast
Shell is evacuating workers from six offshore platforms while Chevron and BP pull nonessential staff from the Gulf of Mexico, as Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to become the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season and make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast by Friday.
U.S. Natural Gas Output Hits All-Time Record in July 2026 as Permian Basin Pumps 137 Billion Cubic Feet a Day
U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals averaged a record 137 billion cubic feet per day in July, the EIA said — the first new monthly high of 2026, powered by the Permian Basin and new pipeline capacity moving gas to Gulf Coast LNG terminals.
Air Ambulance With Six Aboard Vanishes Off Nantucket; US Coast Guard Launches Massive Search
A Canadian-registered Gulfstream G100 air ambulance carrying six people — two pilots, two medical staff, a patient and a relative — disappeared from radar on a Bermuda-to-Boston flight early Saturday. The US Coast Guard is searching waters off Nantucket after the jet plunged from 23,500 feet to 11,000 feet in three minutes.
Philippines Rejects China's Claim to Waters Off Batanes as Research-Vessel Row Escalates
Manila 'firmly and strongly rejected' Beijing's claim of sovereign rights over waters off Batanes after the Philippine Coast Guard drove away the Chinese research vessel Jia Hai Ke 7, detected 37 nautical miles from Itbayat inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
US Coast Guard Seizes 'Dark Fleet' Fuel Ship Bound for Cuba in Escalating Oil Blockade
The US Coast Guard has intercepted the tanker M/V Grace in the Caribbean Sea for secretly carrying fuel to Cuba in its ballast tanks, the latest escalation in Washington's crippling oil blockade of the island.
Yemen's War Reignites: 474 Operations in 24 Hours as Fighting Engulfs Taiz and the Red Sea
Fighting in Yemen has escalated to its most intense level since the 2022 truce, with the Yemeni army claiming 474 operations in a single day, missile interceptions over Saudi Arabia, and tens of thousands newly displaced around Taiz and the Red Sea coast.