Despite the high discount on Russia's Ural oil premium and sanctions .It seems that the rise in oil prices will eventually lead to the growth of Russia's foreign exchange earnings in 2022 and the improvement of its foreign exchange reserves, which is contrary to the goals of Western sanctions and USA.

The Brent price will average $117/b in March, $116/b in 2Q22, and $102/b in the second half of 2022 (2H22). We expect the average price to fall to $89/b in 2023.

On March 1, the U.S. Department of Energy committed to releasing 30 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to ensure an adequate supply of petroleum in response to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine.

The Worldwide Rig Count for February was 1,669, up 37 from the 1,632 counted in January 2022,and up 399 from the 1,270 counted in February 2021.

U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 650, Canada Rig Count is down 7 from last week to 217.

Brent rose at $111.19, WTI rose $1.21, or 1.1%, to $108.88.

During the conversation, it was noted with satisfaction that OPEC+ member countries are consistently fulfilling their obligations to help ensure stability on the global oil market. Russia and Saudi Arabia will continue to coordinate approaches within this format.

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

Страны-участницы единогласно приняли решение сохранить договорённости о продолжении увеличения добычи на суммарно 400 тыс. баррелей в сутки в апреле 2022 года.

Reconfirm the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th Ministerial Meeting and the decision to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.4 mb/d for the month of April 2022, as per the attached schedule.

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.

OPEC+ members are attempting to regain pre-pandemic output levels by late 2022 through their monthly easing of quotas, but potential disruptions to Russian oil flows put that plan at risk.

The implementation of OPEC Plus agreements was discussed. The parties stressed their intention to continue coordinated effort in the interests of maintaining global energy market stability.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в феврале 2022 года сложилась в размере $92,15 за баррель, что в 1,5 раза выше, чем в феврале 2021 года ($60,78 за баррель).