The incentive to reduce gas consumption is huge after Putin reduced supplies to Germany via the Nord Steam 1 pipeline. The Dutch TTF gas contract, a European benchmark, is trading above 205 euros ($209) per megawatt hour, 10 times its average in the decade through 2020 and equivalent to about $350 per barrel of oil.

TotalEnergies said it would boost spending on short-cycle projects this year to help ease Europe's growing energy supply crunch. It expects its full-year capital spending to hit $16 billion in 2022 as it hopes to increase its sources of European natural gas and produce more LNG in the coming months.

Indeed, by 2025, companies in the steel, building materials, petrochemicals, non-ferrous metals, consumer goods, equipment manufacturing and electronics sectors with an annual revenue of CNY20m (US$2.9m) or more will have to cut their energy use by 13.5% from 2020 levels.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.5 million barrels to 426.6 million barrels.

Brent were down $1.34, or 1.3%, at $99.20 a barrel, WTI fell $1.28, or 1.4%, to $93.14 a barrel.

The region imported almost 700,000 barrels a day of the fuel from Russia last month, higher than the previous month and a 22 per cent increase compared with July last year

Saudi Arabia would be looking to secure investments in untapped business sectors, including green hydrogen, renewable energy, and information technology.

Design certification means that the NRC has determined a nuclear power plant design meets all its applicable safety requirements, independent of an application to construct or operate a plant.

Brent was down $1.40, or 1.4%, to $98.63 a barrel, WTI fell $1.00, or 1.1%, to $92.89.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-июле 2022 года сложилась в размере $83,27 за баррель, в январе-июле 2021 года – $64,68 за баррель.