U.S. Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 765, Canada Rig Count is down 2 from last week to 213.

Brent inched down 10 cents or 0.1% to $88.39 a barrel, WTI rose 0.1% or by 9 cents to $81.32 a barrel.

Brent rose 52 cents, or 0.6%, to $89.84 a barrel, WTI rose by 52 cents, or 0.6%, to $82.67.

Although Pertamina remains cautious and the company declined to make official comments on any concrete plans to purchase Russian crude going forward, Ambara Jaya said that the state-run refiner finds several Russian crude grades to be suitable feedstocks.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.2 million barrels to 430.6 million barrels.

Brent fell $1.02, or 1.2%, to $85.25 per barrel , WTI were down 97 cents, or 1.2%, at $77.53 per barrel.

Preliminary production figures for August 2022 show an average daily production of 1 998 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Brent was up $1.49, or 1.8%, to $85.55 a barrel, WTI was up $1.37, or 1.8%, at $78.08.

The share of imports from Russia has likely risen because of lower imports into China and shifting trade patterns following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Western economic sanctions have reduced demand for Russian crude oil, and as a result, have left Russia to look for alternative export destinations.

U.S. Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 764, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 215