U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 1.0 million barrels from the previous week to 415.1 million barrels.

Brent was down 43 cents/b (0.48%) from the previous close to $89.04/b, WTI fell 60 cents/b (0.68%) at $87.66/b.

Reconfirm the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th ONOMM and the decision to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.4 mb/d for the month of March 2022.

Brent crude rose 11 cents, or 0.1%, to $89.27 a barrel, WTI was up 14 cents, or 0.2%, at $88.34 a barrel.

Demand is expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in the second half of the year "with a healthy recovery trend," the analysis showed, easing the market oversupply to 1.2 million b/d in the third quarter and 1.1 million b/d in the fourth.

Brent was down 74 cents, or 0.8%, at $88.52 a barrel , WTI slipped 83 cents, or 0.9%, to $87.32.

Already, oil prices have hit seven-year highs in recent days over the ratcheting tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine.

Federal oil exports in January dropped to 3.203 million b/d from 3.277 million b/d in December, according to the ministry figures.

Brent futures contract was up $1.30/b (1.44%) from the previous close at $91.33/b, WTI rose $1.21/b (1.39%) at $88.03/b.

Oil, gas and resources companies, and trading desks, are fretting about the provisions around sanctions on Russian extractive industries, financial institutions and banks, Russian leaders and businessmen, and the use of global services, such as wire transfers.