Russian authorities said they shot down 15 Ukrainian drones en route to Moscow.

As Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approached the US Gulf coast, producers shut about 1.46 mln b/d of crude — roughly 72% of regional output. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said personnel were evacuated from 129 offshore platforms and two mobile drilling rigs were moved out of the storm path as of 1200 EDT Friday. BP shut Thunder Horse and Na Kika and removed non‑essential staff from three additional platforms. The outages pushed Gulf differentials wider: Mars crude traded about $3/bbl over WTI and Thunder Horse crude carried a premium of more than $4/bbl for a second straight session.

阿聯酋檢察總長：嫌疑人符合迪拜航空的專業和安全招聘要求；迪拜航空的招聘審查未發現嫌疑人涉嫌“極端主義觀點或恐怖陰謀”的跡象。