The push to fill storage facilities before the start of winter has been successful -- with many close to capacity. But some suppliers may now want to hold back those reserves until they can sell their stored gas at more attractive rates.

Brent dropped $1.02, or 1.1%, to $95.94 a barrel, WTI were down $1.24, or 1.4%, at $87.84 a barrel.

Dutch front-month gas, Europe’s benchmark, rose 3.4% to €111 per megawatt-hour at 8:57 a.m. in Amsterdam, paring some of the weekly decline.

While US fuel now makes up 40% of Europe’s liquefied natural gas imports, it will only offset a fraction of the deficit from Russia next summer,

Lower Russian supplies sent European gas prices to all-time highs in late August though prices have come down sharply as storage sites across the EU were filled to close to capacity.

Concluding the plenary part, Maksim Malyarchuk, Executive Director of the Russian-Iraqi Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, spoke about the activities of the Council and assistance to Russian and Iraqi companies in the new conditions.

Brent rose 56 cents, or 0.6%, to $96.25 a barrel, WTI gained 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $88.32.

Brent fell $1.03, or 1.1%, to $92.49 a barrel, WTI were down 75 cents, or 0.9%, to $84.57.

The other cap in the mix is one to limit the price of gas used in electricity generation, which is backed by a vociferous group of member states.

Brent fell by $1.30 to $91.96 per barrel, WTI fell by $1.24 to $83.34 per barrel.