U.S. industrial production rose 0.4 percent in August for its fourth consecutive monthly increase.

Brent was up 44 cents, or 1.1%, at $40.05 a barrel, WTI were up 52 cents, or 1.4%, at $37.78 a barrel.

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 68,000 b/d month-over-month in September from 7,708 to 7,640 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 428 million cubic feet/day from 81,026 to 80,598 million cubic feet/day .

In 2019, 80% of U.S. domestic energy production was from fossil fuels, and 80% of domestic energy consumption originated from fossil fuels.

China's crude oil throughput hit an all-time high of 14.14 million b/d in June before edging down 0.4% to 14.08 million b/d in July.

Brent gained 9 cents, or 0.2%, to $39.92 a barrel, WTI were up 18 cents, or 0.5%, at $37.51 a barrel

The efficiency of the electrolysis systems is critical both technically and economically for electrochemical hydrogen generation using renewable energy.

About 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to any form of electricity.

U.S. Rig Count is down 2 from last week to 254, Canada Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 52

Brent was down 18 cents, or 0.5%, at $39.88 a barrel, WTI dropped 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $37.16 a barrel,

The OPEC+ agreement called for a decrease in crude oil output by a combined 9.7 million b/d in May and June, a combined decrease of 9.6 million b/d in July 2020, and a combined decrease of 7.7 million b/d in August

Iraq's habitual non-compliance with its production quota has been a sore point within the OPEC+ alliance, with Saudi Arabia, Russia and others pressuring Iraq to improve its performance.

IEA analysis "clearly shows", he said, that nuclear power has an important role and makes the energy transition "more cost effective and more energy secure".

Brent fell 53 cents to $40.26 a barrel, WTI dipped 61 cents to $37.44 a barrel

EIA forecasts that consumption of petroleum and liquid fuels globally will average 93.1 million b/d for all of 2020, down 8.3 million b/d from 2019, before increasing by 6.5 million b/d in 2021.