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.

The two players intend to invest up to 4 billion euros or almost $4.4 billion for the development phase of the project to be spent mostly during 2024-2026, which will enable about 100 bcm of natural gas to be brought on stream, turning Romania into – what OMV Petrom deems to be – the largest gas producer in the EU and a net natural gas exporter.

Preliminary production figures for May 2023 show an average daily production of 1 991 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.8 million barrels to 463.3 million barrels.

Brent dipped 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.50 a barrel, WTI dropped 16 cents, also 0.2%, to $70.46 a barrel.

Believe it or not, the concept of reserve power is a foreign one in Texas. The bill passed with a caveat: any increase in costs could not exceed $1 billion annually.

The city council in Austin, Texas is on the verge of signing on to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT), a global campaign calling on countries to phase out fossil fuel production and help communities make the transition to a renewable energy economy.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 7.9 million barrels to 467.1 million barrels.

Brent dropped 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $75.61 a barrel, WTI eased 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $70.94.

Adjust the level of overall crude oil production for OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries in the DoC to 40.46 mb/d, starting 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2024, which is to be distributed as per the attached table.

The Brent crude oil spot price will average $79 per barrel (b) in the second half of 2023 (2H23) and $84/b in 2024.

The kingdom’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Opec’s de facto leader, made the move as part of a deal in which several weaker African members will have quotas reduced from next year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.5 million barrels to 459.2 million barrels.