Brent was up $2.18, or 1.9%, at $115.11 a barrel, WTI hit a high of $116.57.

Reconfirm the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th Ministerial Meeting and the decision to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.4 mb/d for the month of April 2022, as per the attached schedule.

Brent rose by as much as $8 and touched as high as $113.02 a barrel, before easing to $111.75, WTI were up $7.24, or 7%, to $110.67 a barrel.

OPEC+ members are attempting to regain pre-pandemic output levels by late 2022 through their monthly easing of quotas, but potential disruptions to Russian oil flows put that plan at risk.

Russia and India in December signed new energy cooperation agreements, including a contract for Rosneft to ship almost 15 million barrels of crude to India in 2022, according to government and company statements.

Brent advanced 1.8% to $99.7, WTI rose 1.6% to $97.28.

Brent ose $4.16, or 4.3%, to $102.09, WTI was up $4.19, or 4.6%, at $95.78 a barrel.

Brent rose $2.81, or 2.8%, to $101.89 a barrel, WTI touched a high of $95.64 a barrel.

Brent rose to as much as $103.78 a barrel, WTI jumped $5.48, or 6%, to $97.58 a barrel.

“Welcome to the new world where Europeans will soon have to pay 2,000 euros ($2,270) per thousand cubic meters!” he tweeted – suggesting prices were set to double.