U.S. Rig Count is up 3 from last week to 579, Canada Rig Count is down 10 from last week to 167.

Brent fell 59 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.43 a barrel, WTI dropped 67 cents, or 0.9%, to $71.71 a barrel.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 490.4 billion cubic meters of gas between January 1 and December 15, 2021, which is 14.2 per cent (or 61.1 billion cubic meters) more than in the same period of last year.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 ноября 2021 года по 14 декабря 2021 года составила $75,75205 за баррель или $553,0 за тонну.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 4.6 million barrels from the previous week to 428.3 million barrels.

Brent rose by 62 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.50 a barrel, WTI gained by 65 cents, or 0.9%, to $71.52.

Brent fell 91 cents, or 1.2%, to $72.79 a barrel, WTI fell $1.05, or 1.5%, to $69.68 a barrel.

Brent dropped 24 cents, or 0.32%, to $74.15 a barrel, WTI declined by 27 cents, or 0.38%, to $71.02.

World oil demand is kept unchanged compared to last month’s assessment, showing a growth of 5.7 mb/d in 2021.

Brent climbed 72 cents, or 1.0%, to $75.87 a barrel, WTI climbed 72 cents, or 1.0%, to $75.87 a barrel.

The Neutral Zone fields, which lie in onshore and offshore territory shared by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait at their border, were offline for more than four years until 2020, due to a political dispute that was resolved with a signing of an agreement in December 2019.

U.S. Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 576, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 177.

Brent were up 0.2%, or 11 cents, at $74.53 a barrel, WTI were up 0.2%, or 11 cents, at $74.53 a barrel.

Iraq's OPEC+ quota rose to 4.193 million b/d last month, from 4.149 million b/d in October, as the coalition continued to raise production caps.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.2 million barrels from the previous week to 432.9 million barrels.