Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019

Tepid production and strong global LNG export demand have helped to push NYMEX gas futures prices for the coming months beyond $5/MMBtu.

Among the reasons given by respondents in favour of nuclear energy were the energy independence of France (53%, up from 46% in 2019) and the low cost of electricity (30%).

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.4 million barrels from the previous week to 426.5 million barrels.

Brent rose as high as $86.10 and was down 92 cents, or 1.1%, to $84.90. WTI fell 74 cents, or 0.9%, to $82.68.

India, the world's third-biggest importer and consumer of crude, meets around 85% of its demand via overseas purchases with Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United States being the top three suppliers. India also imports 55% of its gas demand via imports.

Non-OECD countries in Asia will collectively become the largest importers of natural gas by 2050.

China's pipeline gas imports have been setting new records in the past three months, and September was the fourth consecutive month-on-month increase since June, the customs data showed.

Preliminary production figures for September 2021 show an average daily production of 2 022 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Brent dropped 64 cents, or 0.8%, to $84.44 a barrel. WTI fell 56 cents to $82.40 a barrel.

Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization, or SOMO, cut November official selling price differentials by 40-50 cents/b across its Asia-bound Basrah crude grades.

Brent rose 35 cents, or 0.4%, to $84.68 a barrel. WTI gained 70 cents, or 0.9%, to $83.14.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 сентября 2021 года по 14 октября 2021 года составила $76,76727 за баррель, или $560,4 за тонну.

Temperatures have dropped sharply in many parts of northeast and northwest China, state media said. In Heilongjiang, all heating systems have been opened, and heating companies in Harbin city began supplying heat 4 days earlier than normal, Yulin in Shaanxi province is 10 days ahead of schedule, and Datong in Shanxi province started 13 days earlier than previous years.

Brent were up 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $85.45 a barrel . WTI were up 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $85.45 a barrel .