Brent fell 85 cents, or 0.7%, to $116.76 a barrel, WTI slipped 88 cents, or 0.8%, to $115.99.

Therefore, July production will be adjusted upward by 0.648 mb/d as per the attached schedule.

"The EU's decisions to partially phase out Russian oil and oil products, as well as to ban the insurance of Russian merchant ships, are highly likely to provoke further price increases, destabilize energy markets, and disrupt supply chains," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Asia is expected to account for about 40% of global incremental crude runs in 2022, with the US and Europe accounting for about 30% and 18%, respectively.

Israel’s proven gas reserves are very large, at a current estimated level of about 538 bcm (end of 2021). Production increased very rapidly from 2.5 bcm in 2012 to almost 13 bcm in 2020 (+23%/year on average, including +45% in 2020).

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 5.1 million barrels to 414.7 million barrels.

Brent was down $2.07, or 1.8%, at $114.22 a barrel, WTI dropped $2.21, or 1.9%, to $113.05 a barrel.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-мае 2022 года сложилась в размере $83,48 за баррель, в январе-мае 2021 года - $61,62 за баррель.

Another group of officials, many based at Janet Yellen’s Treasury Department, worry about further strains on a global economy already suffering from supply-chain woes, inflation, volatile oil prices and a potential food crisis.

Meanwhile those with spare capacity – primarily Saudi Arabia and the UAE – have held off on breaching their quotas to maintain OPEC+ unity rather than spark a market share battle.