Brent was up $1.63, or 2.1%, to $79.47 a barrel, WTI gained $1.41, or 1.9%, to $74.25.

Russia said Dec. 28 it will ban crude supplies to countries that observe the G7's $60/b price cap from Feb. 1 for five months. The retaliatory move, which applies at all stages of supply to the final buyer, had been widely flagged by Russia and expected by the global oil market.

Dutch front-month futures, the European gas benchmark traded 2% higher at to €66.30 per megawatt-hour by 12 p.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent contract also rose. German power for next month increased 2.3% to €166 per megawatt-hour.

A frozen USA, with more than 200 million people under severe weather advisories or warnings caused nationwide problems in the run-up to Christmas.

Brent was up 22 cents, or 0.3%, at $84.14 a barrel, WTI gained 7 cents to $79.63.

U.S. Rig Count is up 3 from last week to 779, Canada Rig Count is down 103 from last week to 96

Brent rose 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $80.07 per barrel, WTI fell 1 cent to $76.22.

"The TTF month-ahead settlement price for derivatives is by far the most widely used benchmark in gas supply contracts across the EU, followed by maturities of two-month ahead and year ahead," it states.

По оценкам МАГАТЭ, к 2050 г. установленная мощность АЭС во всем мире вырастет до 873 ГВт, что на 10 % больше, чем агентство ожидало в прошлогоднем прогнозе. По данным МЭА, к 2030 г. выработка АЭС в мире вырастет на 16–22 % и на 38–65 % к 2050 г.

Средняя стоимость нефти Brent в 2023 году может составить $100 долларов за баррель, а дисконт Urals, скорее всего, сохранится в среднем около $25 за баррель.

Russian sales of LNG doubled from a year earlier to 852,000 tons in November, despite a 5.4% decline in China’s total purchases of the super-chilled fuel, according to Chinese customs data.

The thermal coal volume traded between Mozambique and India for November and December has been comparable with volumes sourced from South Africa.

Brent gained 42 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.46 a barrel, WTI was at $74.67, up 38 cents, or 0.5%.

Dutch front-month futures, Europe’s gas benchmark were down 1.3% at €114 a megawatt-hour at 8:51 a.m. in Amsterdam.

Russia's war against Ukraine that started in February has exacerbated gas prices. But the excesses of the TTF had already been detected before, with rises of more than 700% in 2021.