The dollar's weakness, however, failed to help global oil prices, which continued to fall in Monday trading following last Friday's data from Baker Hughes (BHI) showed U.S. oil and
natural gas producers added 21 rigs over the past week,
Not exact matches
Every year, moreover,
producers add to global reserves, whether through unlocking
natural gas shale formations, oil sands bitumen plays, or drilling deep into the ocean floor.
Coal
producers are hoping that all of that
adds up to a rise in
natural gas prices, which could buy coal - fired power plants just a little while longer.