Brent fell 85 cents, or 0.7%, to $116.76 a barrel, WTI slipped 88 cents, or 0.8%, to $115.99.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $114.62 a barrel on Thursday,

Therefore, July production will be adjusted upward by 0.648 mb/d as per the attached schedule.

"The EU's decisions to partially phase out Russian oil and oil products, as well as to ban the insurance of Russian merchant ships, are highly likely to provoke further price increases, destabilize energy markets, and disrupt supply chains," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Asia is expected to account for about 40% of global incremental crude runs in 2022, with the US and Europe accounting for about 30% and 18%, respectively.

India imported 54% of its oil needs and 56% of its gas needs in 2020. After coal (44%), oil represented 24% of the country’s total consumption in 2020, against 6% for natural gas. As of 2021, India's oil reserves are estimated at 4,530 mbl and its gas reserves at 1,372 bcm.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 5.1 million barrels to 414.7 million barrels.

Brent was down $2.07, or 1.8%, at $114.22 a barrel, WTI dropped $2.21, or 1.9%, to $113.05 a barrel.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $122.94 a barrel on Tuesday,

Another group of officials, many based at Janet Yellen’s Treasury Department, worry about further strains on a global economy already suffering from supply-chain woes, inflation, volatile oil prices and a potential food crisis.