The first 90 million barrels will be released between May and July, through two notices of sale totaling 70 million barrels, and 20 million barrels already scheduled to be released in May 2022.

According to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for ‘Energy’ in February 2022 was 25.6% higher than in February 2021, which is more than triple the increase of the CPI for ‘All Items,’ which was 7.9% higher over the same period.

Renewable sources accounted for more than one-eighth (12.61%) of the U.S. energy produced and 12.49% of the energy consumed for electricity, transportation, heating, and other uses.

The Worldwide Rig Count for March was 1,661, down 8 from the 1,669 counted in February 2022,and up 430 from the 1,231 counted in March 2021.

U.S. Rig Count is up 3 from last week to 673, Canada Rig Count is down 16 from last week to 124.

Brent slid by 79 cents to $103.92 a barrel, WTI were down $1.02 at $99.26 a barrel.

Владимир Путин подписал Указ «О специальном порядке исполнения иностранными покупателями обязательств перед российскими поставщиками природного газа».

Reconfirm the baseline adjustment, 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 May 2022, as per the attached schedule.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $110.46 a barrel on Wednesday,

But there was no sign on Friday of an immediate interruption. Flows remained steady through two of the three main pipelines bringing Russian gas into Europe - Nord Stream 1 across the Baltic Sea, and into Slovakia over Ukraine.