According to price reporting agency Argus Media, Urals crude topped $60 a barrel on Wednesday, climbing above the cap that the Group of Seven set last year in an attempt to restrict revenue to Moscow’s war machine.

The central bank still expects a current account surplus of $47 billion this year and $38 billion in 2024. On Tuesday, it said in a statement that Russia’s worsening trade balance was caused by a decrease in export volumes as well as the decline in prices mainly for energy exports.

About 40% of new global LNG output will come from Qatar by 2029, said Minister of Energy Saad al-Kaabi at the LNG 2023 conference.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 5.9 million barrels to 458.1 million barrels.

The Worldwide Rig Count for June was 1,800, up 17 from the 1,783 counted in May 2023, and up 94, from the 1,706 counted in June 2022.

Brent were up 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $76.72 a barrel, WTI gained 19 cents, also 0.3%, to $71.99 a barrel.

В рамках усилий по обеспечению баланса рынка Россия добровольно сократит в августе поставки на нефтяные рынки на 500 тыс. баррелей в сутки посредством сокращения экспорта на обозначенную величину.

UAE energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said the voluntary OPEC+ cuts would bear fruit soon and blamed the current market malaise on the disconnect between physical and paper traders.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-июне 2023 года сложилась в размере $52,17 за баррель, в январе-июне 2022 года – $84,09 за баррель.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 1.5 million barrels to 452.2 million barrels.

Brent rose 16 cents or 0.2% to stand at $74.67, WTI gained 8 cents or 0.1% to $69.95.

Asian demand has also led to Saudi Aramco's optimism about the global oil market's prospects for the rest of the year, its CEO Amin H. Nasser said at the conference, adding that oil market fundamentals remain "generally sound".

“Norway is the only net exporter of oil and gas in Europe, and by implementing these projects we ensure new production from the latter half of the 2020s, so that we can maintain high Norwegian deliveries,”

Brent slipped 51 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.76 a barrel, WTI were down 42 cents, or 0.6%, at $69.09.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 мая по 14 июня 2023 года составила $54,57 за баррель, или $398,3 за тонну. Цена нефти North Sea Dated за этот период – $75,46.