Schlumberger will drill 80 wells in an extra-heavy oil field in the Orinoco Belt, said company spokesman Joao Felix. Terms of the deal, which are still being negotiated, will ensure payment from the government.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 1.8 percent, or 81 cents, at $44.86 a barrel at 0403 GMT. The October contract expired yesterday at $43.44 a barrel and the front-month has now rolled over to November delivery. International Brent crude futures were at $46.47 per barrel, up 59 cents, or 1.3 percent, from their last close.

Lybian crude output rose to 450,000 barrels a day after work resumed at some oil fields, Ibrahim Al-Awami, head of oil measurement department at state-run National Oil Corp., said by phone on Tuesday. Armed conflicts and political disputes have hurt the country’s production, which was 260,000 barrels a day in August.

India, seeking to hedge against energy security risks as it imports about 80 percent of its oil needs, is building emergency storage in vast underground caverns to hold a total of 36.87 million barrels of crude, enough to cover almost two weeks of demand.

Preliminary production figures for August 2016 show an average daily production of 1 929 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 202 000 barrels per day (approx. 9.5 percent) compared to July.

Petróleo Brasileiro SA, as Petrobras is formally known, pledged up to $74.1 billion in capital spending for the 2017-2021 period compared with a $98.4 billion target in the prior four-year 2015-2019 plan, according to a securities filing.

Мы по-прежнему ожидаем выхода квартальных темпов прироста ВВП в положительную область уже в 2016 году. Но в соответствии с обновленным базовым прогнозом в 2017 году темпы прироста ВВП будут невысокими – меньше 1%. В связи с тем что структурные ограничения будут сохраняться, темпы роста экономики стабилизируются на уровне 1,5–2% в 2018–2019 годах. В нашем базовом прогнозе мы не видим положительного импульса со стороны внешних условий и сохраняем в расчетах среднегодовую цену на нефть 40 долларов США за баррель на всем трехлетнем горизонте, а также низкие темпы роста глобальной экономики.

Brent crude futures were at $46.54 per barrel at 0645 GMT (02:45 a.m. EDT), up 77 cents, or 1.7 percent, from their previous settlement. U.S. crude was up 78 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $43.81 a barrel.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 августа по 14 сентября 2016 года составила $45,47659 за баррель, или $332 за тонну. Согласно расчетам Минфина России экспортная пошлина на нефть в РФ с 1 октября 2016 года повысится на $11,9 и составит $91,9 за тонну.

Prices may jump more than 35 percent from current levels as they start to reflect the risk of a supply squeeze, according to Citigroup Inc. and trader Gunvor Group.