Brent had edged lower by 13 cents or 0.1% to $89.65 a barrel, WTI rose 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $81.77 a barrel.

Meanwhile, the European Union is continuing talks about ways to limit spikes in gas prices ahead of a meeting of energy ministers next week.

Brent dropped by 60 cents, or 0.6%, to $93.26 a barrel, WTI fell 69 cents, or 0.8%, to $86.23 a barrel.

Benchmark gas futures settled 9.2% higher, following an increase of 16% on Monday. Freeport LNG in Texas will likely extend an outage that began in June, increasing global competition for much-needed supplies right before the winter.

From a market share of less than 1% in India's import basket before the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia's share of India's imports rose to 4.24 million mt, or nearly 1 million b/d, in October, taking a 21% share comparable to that of Iraq and higher than Saudi Arabia's share of around 15% in the country's import basket in the same month,

Japan sees an equity stake in the Sakhalin 1 oil, gas project important as it relies around 95% on Middle Eastern oil imports.

Brent were down 32 cents, or 0.3%, to $95.67 a barrel, WTI fell 39 cents, or 0.4%, to $88.57 a barrel.

The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, France and Italy have been the top five destinations for Saudi oil in the region this year, all of which have also been regular buyers of Russian crude.

Brent rose $2.39, or 2.6%, to $96.06 a barrel, WTI gained $2.24, or 2.6%, to $88.71 a barrel.

Currently, Rosatom fuel company TVEL supplies fuel for Loviisa’s two VVER 440 reactors.