Oil imports by Asia's third-largest economy rose 5% from January and were up 24% from a low base in February 2021, when a refinery at Bathinda in northern India was fully shut for maintenance, data showed.

The world's fourth-biggest crude importer received 10.565 million mt, or 77.44 million barrels, of crude oil in February, compared with 74.97 million barrels imported a year earlier, marking a fifth consecutive month of year-on-year increase,

A powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan did not cause any issues of safety concern at the three nuclear power plants in the area, including the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today.

Recent geopolitical events have not had a material impact on Kazatomprom's group operations to date

The Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has officially given its approval after completing the safety assessment of the three approved bidders - EDF from France, Westinghouse from the USA and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP).

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.3 million barrels from the previous week to 415.9 million barrels.

Brent gained $6.41, or 6.5%, to $104.43 a barrel, WTI was up $5.95, or 6.3%, to $100.99 a barrel.

The price for WTI, the U.S. benchmark, will average $113/b in March and $112/b for the second quarter of 2022.

Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership council. Earlier, Johnson met the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nayhan, in Abu Dhabi.

Germany has missed emissions targets for two straight years.