While Europe lacks transparent data on who owns stored gas, the bulk is held by utilities, including state-owned companies, that will need to withdraw fuel to supply households and manufacturers, according to people familiar with the matter.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 сентября 2022 года по 14 октября 2022 года составила $70,2 за баррель, или $512,6 за тонну.

Taking into account the recent developments within the Oil Markets,it is safe to say that we are within the murky waters with very troubled vessels to act as a shield.

Preliminary production figures for September 2022 show an average daily production of 1 832 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Brent rose 22 cents, or 0.2%, to $90.25 a barrel, WTI was at $83.50 a barrel.

The bloc’s eighth round of sanctions state that if a tanker owner transports Russian crude above an agreed price threshold, their ship would be prohibited from getting EU services needed to ship the commodity, such as insurance, “in the future.”

Going by big-ticket announcements of exits from coal in the last few weeks, sentiment in Australia is tilting toward those opposed to coal consumption, but market sources believe in the absence of replacement electricity generation sources, the closure of coal plants will inflate consumer power prices.

Brent eased by 7 cents, or 0.08%, to $91.55 a barrel, WTI were down 12 cents, or 0.14%, at $85.34.

Benchmark futures dropped as much as 10.1% to 115 euros per megawatt-hour, the lowest intraday level since mid-June.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 327.4 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through October 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 18 per cent (or 72 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

Brent rose 81 cents, or 0.88%, to $92.44 a barrel, WTI was at $86.33 a barrel.

The EU has already asked members to voluntarily reduce gas demand by 15%, and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson has said a plan is under consideration to make the cut mandatory.

Progress on the world’s rising climate action ambitions could be undermined by a shortage of some of the critical minerals used in clean-energy technologies including wind turbines, solar farms and electric vehicles (EVs),

With AI, utilities can forecast more accurately to predict how much actual power their installations will generate in any situation.

U.S. Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 769, Canada Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 216.