The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is reported to have lost more than 100 employees in the latest round of resignation offers put forward by Elon Musk’s DOGE drive, possibly losing up to 40% of the EIA’s 350 employees, putting data publications at risk, OilPrice said.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes weekly, monthly and annual data on oil and gas output, crude and fuel inventories, and price forecasts, all used by traders and energy companies as indicators of supply and demand. The reports often move global oil prices. The agency has discussed changing release schedules, Reuters reported. The source attributed the recent change in publishing, opens new tab the gasoline and diesel fuel update on Tuesday mornings, instead of Monday afternoon, to staffing challenges.

/EIA, OilPrice, Reuters/