U.S. energy firms this week cut the total number of rigs operating for a second week in a row, even as the number of oil rigs ...

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.

The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas in the U.S. fell for a second consecutive week, shedding 2 to 590, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest report. The decline reduces the total ...