Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled down 9 cents, or 0.2%, at $43.32 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement since Sept. 19. U.S. oil fell as low as $42.20 a barrel, the lowest intraday price since mid-August, before a rebound throughout the afternoon. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 32 cents, or 0.7%, to $44.43 a barrel, its lowest settlement since Aug. 10.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 октября по 14 ноября 2016 года составила $44,98619 за баррель, или $328,4 за тонну.

U.S. oil production down 20 tbd, gas production down 94 mcfd.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 2 cents on the day at $44.73 a barrel by 1005 GMT (5:05 a.m. ET), while NYMEX crude futures CLc1 were down 6 cents at $43.35 a barrel.

ConocoPhillips plans conservative financial and operating programs in 2017, planning for a longer-than-expected $50/b oil world by reducing its capital budget 4%, growing production up to 2% and forging technologies to squeeze out the last smidgen of resource from existing assets.

U.S. Rig Count is down 199 rigs from last year's count of 767, with oil rigs down 122, gas rigs down 78, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is unchanged from last year's count of 176, with oil rigs up 21 and gas rigs down 21.

PETROBRAS - Net loss of R$ 16,458 million, compared to net income of R$ 370 million in the 2Q-2016,

International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $45.77 per barrel at 0743 GMT (2:43 a.m. ET), down 7 cents from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 were trading down 10 cents at $44.56 per barrel, weighed down by weakening U.S. demand.

Supply growth from nations outside the OPEC will be “just shy” of 500,000 barrels a day, an increase of 110,000 barrels a day from the agency’s forecast last month, it said Thursday. Russian production is likely to grow by 190,000 barrels a day, building on a 230,000-barrel increase in 2016.

In 3Q 2016, the Company net profit was at RUB 26 bln. The decline was primarily driven by lower operating profit.

At 3:30 pm Singapore time (0739 GMT), January ICE Brent crude futures were down 64 cents/b (1.39%) from Tuesday's settle at $45.40/b, while the NYMEX December light sweet crude contract fell 59 cents/b (1.31%) to $44.39/b.

EIA expects Brent crude oil prices will average close to $48/ barrel (b) in the fourth quarter of 2016 and in the first quarter of 2017. Forecast Brent prices average $43/b in 2016 and $51/b in 2017. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices are forecast to average about $1/b less than Brent prices in 2017. The values of futures and options contracts indicate significant uncertainty in the price outlook, with NYMEX contract values for February 2017 delivery traded during the five-day period ending November 3 suggesting that a range from $35/b to $66/b encompasses the market expectation of WTI prices in February 2017 at the 95% confidence level.

Средняя цена нефти марки Urals по итогам января-октября 2016 года составила $ 40,72 за баррель.

OPEC raised its outlook for oil use in 2018, 2019 and 2020, when it sees demand reaching 98.3 million barrels a day, or 900,000 more than the group projected in its previous annual outlook.

Oil producers would love to see higher prices, but OPEC so far has been unable to cut output. In September, OPEC agreed to have a committee look at potentially cutting production to 32.5 million to 33 million barrels a day, shaving off 700,000 barrels a day — some 2 percent of overall production.