U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week, resulting in the 13th monthly increase in a row, even as a major storm approaches the Gulf of Mexico. The combined oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose five in the week to Aug. 27 to 508, its highest since April 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co (BKR.N) said in its closely followed report on Friday. , , The total rig count has doubled, or risen by 254 rigs, over this time last year. For the month, drillers added 20 oil and gas rigs, putting the count up for 13 months in a row for the first time […]