Brent was up 12 cents, or 0.2%, at $77.37 a barrel, WTI was up 6 cents, or 0.1%, at $73.36 a barrel.

From January through Sept. 18, US coal production stood at 415.98 million st, up 8.4% from the corresponding period of 2020.

Preliminary production figures for August 2021 show an average daily production of 2 114 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.5 million barrels from the previous week to 414.0 million barrels.

Brent rose 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $76.28 a barrel, WTI was up 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $72.27 a barrel.

This investment would reduce CO2 emissions by 500 million tonnes cumulatively by 2040, equivalent to approximately 25 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and expects it will be appropriate to maintain this target range until labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2 percent and is on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time.

Brent climbed $1.03, or 1.4%, to $75.39 a barrel, WTI rose $1.08, or 1.5%, to $71.57 a barrel.

Brent gained 95 cents or 1.3% to $74.87 a barrel , WTI was up 91 cents or 1.3% at $71.20.

Shell Enterprises LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has reached an agreement for the sale of its Permian business to ConocoPhillips, a leading shales developer in the basin, for $9.5 billion in cash.

Brent fell 61 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.73 a barrel, WTI fell 66 cents, or 0.9%, to $71.31 a barrel.

The mentioned effects of low generation from renewable energies and higher consumption led to a significant increase in coal-fired power generation, at least in Germany

India has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022, which includes 100GW of solar.

U.S. Rig Count is up 9 from last week to 512, Canada Rig Count is up 11 from last week to 154.

Brent fell 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $75.32 a barrel, WTI were down 42 cents, or 0.6%, at $72.19 a barrel.