Many oil companies that were hit hard in 2015 from the sudden drop in oil prices to levels not seen in years at the time, were able to hold on initially.

Brent rose 72 cents, or 1.4%, to $51.80 a barrel. WTI rose by 71 cents, or 1.5%, to $48.53 a barrel.

Total OECD indigenous production of crude oil, NGL and refinery feedstocks decreased by 7.3% in September 2020 compared to September 2019.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.1 million barrels to 500.1 million barrels.

Brent fell 15 cents, or 0.3%, to $50.61 a barrel. WTI fell 13 cents, or 0.3%, to $47.49 a barrel.

Over January-November, Chinese refineries processed 614.41 million mt or 13.44 million b/d of crude, up 3.1% year on year on a metric tons basis,

Brent fell 2 cents to $50.27 a barrel . WTI was up 2 cents at $47.01.

World oil demand for 2020 is expected to decline by 9.77 mb/d,

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 137,000 b/d month-over-month in December from 7,575 to 7,438 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 744 million cubic feet/day from 81,521 to 80,777 million cubic feet/day .

Brent rose 67 cents, or 1.3%, to $50.64 a barrel . WTI were up 62 cents, or 1.3%, at $47.19 a barrel.