U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fifth week in a row for the first time since November as crude prices extended their rally to a seventh week to levels not seen since 2014, prompting drillers to seek more oil. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose three to 613 in the week to Feb. 4, its highest since April 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday. Even though the rig count has climbed for a record 18 months in a row, the weekly increases have mostly been in single digits and oil production is still far […]