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• Chord wants to go the extra mile in the Williston
  Ahead of the upcoming completion of its $4 billion acquisition of Enerplus,...
  Ahead of the upcoming completion of its $4 billion acquisition of Enerplus, Chord Energy is optimizing its three-mile lateral drilling operations in the Williston Basin and gearing up to expand into four-mile laterals later this year. Chord President and CEO Danny Brown expressed confidence in the technical feasibility of four-mile laterals, though he acknowledged potential challenges with coil tubing cleanout in such lengthy laterals.
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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Wednesday Morning
  Google is adding AI to your search experience. Starting...
  Google is adding AI to your search experience. Starting this week, US users will see a “fully revamped” Google search experience enhanced with AI features, the tech giant announced yesterday. Some searches will come with what the company calls “AI Overviews,” AI-generated summaries that appear above the search results. Publishers are worried that the Overviews will stop users from clicking on their links, but Google claims that links with Overviews actually get more clicks. Google is racing to infuse its products with artificial intelligence as it grapples with OpenAI and Microsoft for dominance in the space.
  
  Georgian parliament passed the controversial, Kremlin-style “foreign agent” law, which could jeopardize the country’s admission to the EU and NATO.
  
  Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate regarded as one of the greatest short-story writers of all time, died yesterday at 92.
  
  Walmart laid off hundreds of corporate employees and forced others to relocate in an effort to cut costs and push for more in-person work.
  
  Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, who has been at the company for 14 years, is stepping down and will be replaced by 18-year Amazon vet Matt Garman.
  
  Jeopardy! is getting a pop culture spinoff on Amazon Prime Video.
  
  The orcas are back: An unknown number of killer whales sank a yacht in Moroccan waters, the latest in a string of rammings befuddling scientists.
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• U.S. Crude Oil Inventories See Surprise Draw
  Crude oil inventories in the United States fell this week by 3.104 million...
  Crude oil inventories in the United States fell this week by 3.104 million barrels for the week ending May 3, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API). Analysts had expected a 1 million barrel build.
  
  Gasoline inventories fell this week by 1.269 million barrels, countering last week’s 1.46 million barrel build. As of last week, gasoline inventories were about 2% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the latest EIA data.
  
  Cushing inventories saw a draw this week falling 601,000 barrels after increasing by 1.339 million barrels in the previous week.
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery ...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell $1.10 to $78.02 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery fell 98 cents to $82.38 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for June delivery fell 5 cents to $2.46 a gallon. June heating oil fell 2 cents to $2.42 a gallon. June natural gas fell 4 cents to $2.34 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Nasdaq posts record close as stocks log gains ahead of key inflation reading →
  U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite notching...
  U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite notching its seventh all-time closing high of 2024 as investors await the release of an April consumer-price index report that may shed more light on the Federal Reserve’s path for interest rates.
  
  The Nasdaq Composite advanced 122.94 points, 0.8%, to end at a record 16,511.18, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
  
  The S&P 500 rose 25.26 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 5,246.68, its highest close since late March. The large-cap index also ended within 0.2% of its all-time record close of 5254.35, hit on March 28.
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 126.60 points, or 0.3%, ending at 39,558.11.
  
  Attention now turns to Wednesday's consumer-price index, set for release at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
  
  Economists polled by Dow Jones anticipated the annual headline CPI rate for April will come in at 3.4%. Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to slow to a 3.6% annual pace, from 3.8% in March.
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