"A total of 8 to 16 coal-fired power plants will be offline from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 as part of efforts to reduce fine dust emissions in the winter period," the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement.

U.S. Rig Count is up 6 from last week to 569, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 171.

Brent rose 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $82.44 a barrel, WTI increased 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.70 a barrel.

The OPEC+ alliance is scheduled to meet Dec. 2 to decide on January production levels, amid strong hints from the US, China, Japan and India that a coordinated crude release from their strategic petroleum reserves was imminent.

"Между Россией и Узбекистаном за десятилетия сотрудничества наработаны стабильные энергетические связи, запущен ряд успешных проектов как по освоению энергоресурсов Узбекистана, так и по поставкам их на территорию страны", - сообщил Николай Шульгинов.

European and British wholesale gas prices rose on Tuesday as colder weather increased demand and the market remained nervous about winter supplies from Russia.

China, India, Japan, South Korea and the UK will join the US in releasing strategic oil stocks, the White House said, without giving further details.

China has been ramping up gas supply from all sources including pipeline gas contracts with Central Asia.

The Vietnamese government on Nov. 19 held a conference to discuss possible changes to its draft power development plan over 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045, called PDP8, which provides the road map for its power sector including an exhaustive list of proposed projects.

Brent fell 67 cents, or 0.8%, to $79.03 a barrel, WTI fell 88 cents, or 1.2%, to $75.87 a barrel.