BRENT Crude trading at the Globex Open on a $76.57/bbl & WTI Crude trading at $73.64/bbl. This is after the US DOE finalised its purchase of 4.65m/bbl of Crude Oil for SPR to be delivered from October to December.ExxonMobil to also supply 3.9m/bbl,Macquarie Commodities trading to supply the rest at an average pricing of $76.92/bbl.

Brent fell by 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $79.46 a barrel, WTI down 36 cents, or 0.5%, at $75.45 a barrel.

According to Russian customs data, the Russia-India bilateral trade volume hit a record US$23.1 billion in the first four months of the current year, marking a 10% rise versus the same period in 2023.

Discussions also included the possible implementation by Rosatom of a project for the construction of a second NPP at Sinop. Rosatom said possible design solutions would be based on the wishes of the Turkish side to strengthen the effect of the project on the Turkish economy.

The Paks II project was launched in 2014 by an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors (units 5&6) to be supplied by Rosatom. The contract was supported by a Russian state loan to finance the majority of the project.

Following the South Korean government's decision to restrict state-owned power-generating companies from importing Russian thermal coal from the spot market towards the end of 2023, Russian exports lost ground to Colombian thermal coal supply in recent months.

The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act was signed by President Joe Biden in May, after being passed unanimously by the US Senate and will go into effect on 11 August.

Brent rose 21 cents to $84.87 a barrel, WTI ose 26 cents to $81.67 a barrel.

MSATO project 22770 is intended for the technological and maintenance of the nuclear power plants on marine vessels and is expected to be put into operation in 2029.

The Paks II project was launched in 2014 by an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors (units 5&6) to be supplied by Rosatom.