Vedanta Ltd. has won a court decision supporting an extension of the production-sharing contract covering its prolific Rajasthan Block in India. The Delhi High Court instructed the Indian government to extend the contract for the Barmer basin block to 2030. The contract was set to expire in 2020.  Source: News

US President Donald Trump signed proclamations removing exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs for Canada, Mexico, and the European Union as of June 1. The presidents of the American Petroleum Institute and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America separately criticized the president’s May 31 action. Source: News

Mexico’s Pemex, through its processing subsidiary Pemex Transformacion Industrial (formerly Pemex Refinacion), has let a contract to a partnership of Saipem and Mexican subsidiary Saimexicana for works to be carried out on the heavy oil plant at Pemex’s 215,100-b/d Miguel Hidalgo refinery in Tula, Hidalgo state.   Source: News

Light, sweet crude oil prices fell by more than $1/bbl for both the July and August contracts on the New York market May 31, but the Brent contract for July gained more than $1/bbl in London. Source: News

A Calgary geophysical services firm has acquired ultrahigh-density 3D seismic data over a small area without seismic lines or trails using technology designed to reduce forest disturbance. Source: News