Brent fell 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $68.50 a barrel. WTI eased 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $65.28.

The last national electricity plan of 2018 predicts a renewable energy capacity of 275GW by 2027, with plans for significant coal capacity additions (to the order of 50GW) during 2017-2022 as well as 2022-27.

Pumped hydro energy storage constitutes 99% of global storage energy.

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 453, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 59.

Brent was down $1.75, or 2.5%, at $67.57 a barrel. WTI was down $1.80, or 2.7%, to $64.28 a barrel.

For 2021, world oil demand is expected to increase by 6.0 mb/d, unchanged from last month’s estimate, to average 96.5 mb/d.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.4 million barrels from the previous week to 484.7 million barrels,

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021

The U.S. goods and services deficit was $74.4 billion in March, up $3.9 billion from $70.5 billion in February

Brent climbed 18 cents, or 0.3% to $68.73 a barrel. WTI rose 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $65.48.

EIA forecasts that Brent prices will average $65/b in the second quarter of 2021, $61/b during the second half of 2021, and $61/b in 2022.

"Under the current OPEC+ production scenario, supplies won't rise fast enough to keep pace with the expected demand recovery," the IEA said. "The widening supply and demand gap paves the way for a further easing of OPEC+ supply cuts or even sharper stock draws."

Libya pumped 1.12 million b/d in April, a fall of 70,000 b/d from March.

“Officials in the Philippines have endorsed a rapid buildout of LNG import infrastructure due to the anticipated depletion of the Malampaya deepwater development, the country’s only domestic source of natural gas, and high GDP growth expected over the next decade,”

Currently, renewables form 10% of India’s total power generation and that share will increase to 31% by 2030 with 450GW coming online.