the U.S. goods and services deficit was $68.1 billion in November, up $5.0 billion from $63.1 billion in October

The Worldwide Rig Count for November was 1,074, up 58 from the 1,016 counted in October 2020

Brent rose as much as 0.9% to $54.09 a barrel. WTI climbed as much as 0.6% to $50.24 a barrel.

Russia produced 42.46 million mt of crude and condensate in December, equivalent to around 10.04 million b/d,

Crude and bitumen blend import for China's independent refineries jumped 42.2% on the year to a record high of 188.11 million mt in 2020

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.2%, while UK’s FTSE 100 rose 0.7% and Germany’s DAX gained 0.2%.

The highest increase in cumulative capacity was observed in Bulgaria (+15%), Denmark and Poland (over 10% growth).

In 2019, nuclear power generation in France dipped by 3.5% to 379.5 TWh, missing its 384-388 TWh target.

U.S. Rig Count is up 3 from last week to 351, Canada Rig Count is down 23 from last week to 59.

Brent rose 19 cents, or 0.4%, to $51.28 a barrel. WTI rose 29 cents, or 0.6%, to $48.29.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.4% to 5,113.71 points, its highest close since June, 2015. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced 1.1% to 3,414.45 points.

In October 2020, the country imported 3.24 bcm of natural gas via pipelines, while 795 million cubic meters (mcm) was purchased as liquefied natural gas (LNG), EPDK's data showed. This marked an increase in pipeline gas imports of 36.2% and 2.5% in LNG imports.

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Brent climbed 23 cents, or 0.5%, to $51.09 a barrel. WTI added 23 cents, or 0.5%, to $47.85 a barrel.

North American LNG export developers are hoping sustained high prices will provide incentive to buyers to sign more long-term commercial deals that would enable the developers to sanction new terminal projects in 2021.