Germany and the US agreed on July 21 a number of measures to protect Ukraine's energy security and block any attempts by Russia to use energy as a "weapon" once the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline starts up.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 4.1 million barrels from the previous week to 435.6 million barrels.

The new net zero emissions target was at least a decade earlier than the 2070 target, President Joko Widodo said in March.

The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and expects it will be appropriate to maintain this target range until labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2 percent and is on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time.

NOV Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported second quarter 2021 revenues of $1.42 billion, an increase of 13 percent compared to the first quarter of 2021 and a decrease of five percent compared to the second quarter of 2020.

Brent rose 38 cents, or 0.5%, to $74.86 a barrel , WTI were up 42 cents, or 0.6%, at $72.07 a barrel.

Despite volatility in global oil markets, U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in 2020.

Tighter U.S. natural gas supply and demand balances in recent months contributed to price increases.

U.S. LNG exports increased in the first half of this year as international natural gas and LNG spot prices increased in Asia and Europe due to cold weather.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.1 million barrels from the previous week to 439.7 million barrels.