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The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the U.S. gained 1 to 563, rising for a sixth consecutive week and its highest total in more than a year, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest ...

U.S. energy firms this week added rigs for a fifth week in a row for the first time since early June, boosting the total ...