U.S. Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 576, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 177.

Brent were up 0.2%, or 11 cents, at $74.53 a barrel, WTI were up 0.2%, or 11 cents, at $74.53 a barrel.

The framework agreement was signed in Moscow today by Rosatom Overseas President Yevgeny Pakermanov and Nenad Popović, Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of Innovation and Technological Development and president of the Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation with Russia.

Iraq's OPEC+ quota rose to 4.193 million b/d last month, from 4.149 million b/d in October, as the coalition continued to raise production caps.

The carbon benchmark hit a fresh record of 90.75 euros on Wednesday.

OMV Petrom plans to invest €11bn by 2030, with over 35% going to low and zero-carbon opportunities.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.2 million barrels from the previous week to 432.9 million barrels.

Brent rose 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $76.22 a barrel, WTI rose 48 cents, or 0.7%, to $72.84 a barrel.

Павел Сниккарс напомнил, что порядка 40% электроэнергии в России производятся на основе низкоуглеродных источников, в числе которых в основном АЭС и крупные ГЭС, доля ВИЭ пока относительно мала, но постепенно растёт.

Storage facilities are now only 66% full, a level of depletion they would not normally reach until the middle of January in an average winter.