Brent was up 18 cents at $43.48 a barrel , WTI rose 17 cents to $41.14.

Energy minister Alexander Novak said Russia "greatly values cooperation with OPEC," and that while overall compliance with the cuts is high, "I would like to urge everyone to view this very seriously and stick to the high level of conformity we were able to achieve."

The EC&CM method closes the era of technologies and systems of optimal (from Latin optimum - best) energy control in real time.

Brent was down 22 cents, or 0.5%, to $42.00 a barrel , WTI fell 28 cents, or 0.7%, to $39.88 a barrel.

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

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

Brent rose 85 cents, or 2.1%, to $41.38 a barrel, WTI rose 92 cents, or 2.4%, to $39.20.

net natural gas exports to continue increasing in the coming months primarily because of increasing U.S. LNG exports.

The delivery-price of trucked LNG in eastern China's Yangtze river delta, which is well supplied by LNG receiving terminals, rose to around Yuan 2,693/mt, or Yuan 1.95/cu m, in August, up by 10% from July,

achieving the goal of net emissions neutrality by 2050, and the long-term temperature objectives of Paris, will likely require both aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as large-scale deployment of so-called carbon dioxide removal (CDR)

as the energy transition continues in its switch from fossil fuels to renewables, the entire energy system gets increasingly disrupted.

This energy system needs to move from today’s reliance of fossil fuels and antiquated infrastructure into one based on clean, sustainable, and renewable energy sources, delivered through a highly distributed infrastructure, designed for the final consumer of the energy.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.4 percent in August for its fourth consecutive monthly increase.

Brent was up 44 cents, or 1.1%, at $40.05 a barrel, WTI were up 52 cents, or 1.4%, at $37.78 a barrel.

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 68,000 b/d month-over-month in September from 7,708 to 7,640 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 428 million cubic feet/day from 81,026 to 80,598 million cubic feet/day .