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.

China’s blue chip CSI 300 index climbed 0.55%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.46%.

The thermal coal value chain still claimed nearly 4,500 institutional investors totaling $1 trillion in operations.

LNG exports to Asia increased 67% in 2020 compared with 2019, accounting for almost half, or 3.1 Bcf/d, of all U.S. LNG exports.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 февраля 2021 года по 14 марта 2021 года составила $64,34825 за баррель, или $469,7 за тонну.

Brent gained 47 cents, or 0.7%, to $69.69 a barrel. WTI was at $66.10 a barrel, up 49 cents, or 0.8%.

With non-OPEC supply forecast to bounce back by 950,000 b/d in 2021 to 63.8 million b/d, OPEC lowered the estimated demand for its crude by 240,000 b/d to 27.26 million b/d.

Moscow sees global oil supply in a deficit of 1 million-2 million b/d at the moment, as the world economy continues to recover driving oil demand up by 5.5 million b/d this year.

The CSI300 index fell 1.7% to 5,061.66 points at the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6%, to 3,432.01 points.

Nuclear energy is an "indispensable tool" for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). It has a crucial role in providing affordable energy and climate change mitigation, as well as eliminating poverty, achieving zero hunger, providing clean water, economic growth, and industry innovation.

Canada will need to triple its power production levels over the next 30 years to enable the electrification of economic sectors, and this will require the simultaneous development of all available zero-carbon generation technologies simultaneously including large and small nuclear reactors as well as renewables and hydro

U.S. Rig Count is down 1 from last week at 402, Canada Rig Count is down 25 from last week to 116

Brent slipped 33 cents, or 0.5%, to $69.30 a barrel. WTI was at $65.65 a barrel, down 37 cents, or 0.6%.