U.S. Rig Count is down 11 from last week to 497 , Canada Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 152.

Brent gained 36 cents, or 0.5%, to touch $71.99 a barrel, WTI for October was at $68.81 a barrel, up 31 cents, or 0.5%.

Gain attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom amounted to RUB 968,498 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

In the second quarter of 2021, profit attributable to PJSC LUKOIL shareholders amounted to RUB 189.8 bln, which is 20.5% higher quarter-on-quarter.

Brent was down 21 cents or 0.3% at $72.49, WTI fell 50 cents or 0.7% to $68.24.

“Low carbon renewable energy sources are climate friendly but are not always readily controllable or able to meet energy demand due to the intermittent nature of solar and wind, and the absence of massive energy storage capacities. This means the power grid often requires supplementary energy sources,”

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 508 , Canada Rig Count is down 9 from last week to 147.

Brent rose 98 cents, or 1.4%, to $72.05 a barrel, WTI climbed 93 cents, or 1.4%, to $68.35 a barrel.

OPEC, Russia and nine other countries agreed in July to increase crude production by 400,000 b/d starting August through the end of 2022, a quantity that many analysts said would be insufficient to meet demand in the short-term, given seasonal consumption patterns and the world's recovery from the pandemic.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.0 million barrels from the previous week to 432.6 million barrels.

Brent was down 71 cents, or 1%, at $71.54 a barrel, WTI was down 77 cents, or 1.10%, at $67.59 a barrel.

In the first half of 2021, the fund returned 9.4 percent, equivalent to 990 billion kroner.

Saudi Aramco net income: $25.5 billion (Q2) / $47.2 billion (H1)

Preliminary production figures for July 2021 show an average daily production of 2 035 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

The reported net profit after tax of US$354 million includes net gains on asset sales and is significantly higher than the corresponding period mainly due to impairments included in the previous half-year result.