U.S. Rig Count is up 9 from last week at 411, Canada Rig Count is down 24 from last week to 92

Brent was up $1.01, or 1.6%, to $64.29 a barrel. WTI rose $1.02, or 1.7%, to $61.02 a barrel.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.4 million barrels to 500.8 million barrels.

US crude imports by India stood at 12.69 million mt in 2020, up nearly 29% from a year earlier, helping the country move up to fifth position from sixth in 2019,

Saudi Arabia exported 6.582 million b/d in January, according to JODI data released March 18, an increase of 87,000 b/d from December. It was the seventh straight month that shipments have risen since a historic low of 4.98 million b/d in June when stringent OPEC+ production cuts were in effect.

Preliminary production figures for January 2021 show an average daily production of 2 137 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

In 2020, Group net ordinary income amounted to 5,197 million euros, compared with 4,767 million euros in 2019, an increase of 430 million euros (+9.0%).

Brent was down 74 cents, or 1.1%, at $67.26 a barrel. WTI was also down 65 cents, or 1%, at $63.95 a barrel.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.8%, to 5,141.77, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.5% to 3,463.07.

The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent

Brent fell 66 cents, or 1%, to $67.73 a barrel. WTI dropped 42 cents, or 0.7%, to $64.38.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index edged 0.3% lower, trading below a one-year peak after a cautious session in Asian markets.

U.S. industrial production decreased 2.2 percent in February.

Brent was down 69 cents, or 1%, at $68.19. WTI was down 69 cents, or 1.1%, at $64.70 a barrel.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C released in 2018 clearly indicates that a 45% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions from 2010 levels is required by 2030.