Brent was up $2.18, or 1.9%, at $115.11 a barrel, WTI hit a high of $116.57.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 2.6 million barrels from the previous week to 413.4 million barrels.

Brent rose by as much as $8 and touched as high as $113.02 a barrel, before easing to $111.75, WTI were up $7.24, or 7%, to $110.67 a barrel.

Germany will look into all options in response to the likely decrease or stop in Russian fossil fuel deliveries to Germany, including a longer run-time of nuclear and coal-fired power plants, even if those options are unlikely.

Brent advanced 1.8% to $99.7, WTI rose 1.6% to $97.28.

Brent ose $4.16, or 4.3%, to $102.09, WTI was up $4.19, or 4.6%, at $95.78 a barrel.

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 650, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 224.

Brent rose $2.81, or 2.8%, to $101.89 a barrel, WTI touched a high of $95.64 a barrel.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.5 million barrels from the previous week to 416.0 million barrels.

Brent rose to as much as $103.78 a barrel, WTI jumped $5.48, or 6%, to $97.58 a barrel.

Brent rose 11 cents, or 0.01%, to $96.95 a barrel, WTI were up 6 cents, or 0.07%, to $91.97 a barrel.

In 2021, a large share of Europe’s supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) originated in the United States, Qatar, and Russia.

The world coal industry has secured $363 billion in bank credits in the period from January 2019 to November 2021, and banks continued to support transactions on the sale of securities of companies in the industry, with their combined sum totalling $1.2 trillion.

Brent was up $3.48, or 3.7%, at $98.87, WTI jumped $4.41, or 4.8%, to $95.48.

Brent slipped to $93.14 a barrel, down 40 cents or 0.4%, after earlier touching $95, WTI dropped 28 cents to $90.79 a barrel.