Brent was up $2.35, or 2.41%, to $104.84 a barrel, WTI climbed $2.2, or 2.24%, to $101.97 a barrel.

Thus, after the slump in March inflows, Russian crude imports by China's independent refiners recovered 35.7% year on year to 2 million mt in April

There have been ongoing talks on the Russian Oil ban by the EU with more developments as the week progresses.

Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета, связанный с превышением фактически сложившейся цены на нефть над базовым уровнем, прогнозируется в мае 2022 года в размере +414,0 млрд руб.

Brent rose 88 cents, or 0.8%, to $111.78 a barrel, WTI climbed 84 cents, or 0.8%, to $109.10 a barrel.

Участники соглашения сохранили в силе достигнутые ранее договорённости о дальнейшем наращивании производства нефти в июне на уровне 432 тыс. баррелей в сутки.

Reconfirm the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting and the decision to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.432 mb/d for the month of June 2022, as per the attached schedule.

Brent was up 36 cents, or 0.3%, at $110.50 a barrel, WTI rose 4 cents, or less than 0.1%, to $107.85.

Five OPEC+ delegates said the group was set to agree to increase its June output target by 432,000 barrels per day, in line with its existing plan to unwind output curbs made during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

"Due to the fact that the Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline is currently not in use, and taking into account the implementation of gas supply for consumers in northwest Russia, Gazprom has decided to use the excess onshore gas transmission capacity of Nord Stream 2 for the development of gas supply to the regions of northwest Russia," Gazprom said in a statement.