“We expect that the dialogue launched this year will give us an opportunity to find practical common interests for establishing cooperation between Energoatom and Canadian partners,” said Energoatom Acting President Petr Kotin.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 850,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.9 percent

The U.S. goods and services deficit was $71.2 billion in May, up $2.2 billion from $69.1 billion in April

The Worldwide Rig Count for June was 1,325, up 63 from the 1,262 counted in May 2021

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 475, Canada Rig Count is up 10 from last week to 136.

Brent were down 20 cents at $75.64 a barrel , WTI were down 15 cents at $75.08.

If agreed, the OPEC+ alliance's collective production cuts would shrink by about one-third by the end of the year to about 3.76 million b/d, from July's 5.76 million b/d.

Japan's Nikkei (.N225) was 0.3% lower while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) fell 0.2% in thin trade as Hong Kong markets were shut for a holiday.

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Equinor has started the Martin Linge oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.

In April 2021, the country pledged to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030 by 36% compared to 2005 levels, according to Canada’s budget for the fiscal year ending in March 2022.

"Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Russian and Egyptian teams, the challenging task of documentation agreement was promptly accomplished, taking into account the technical requirements of the EPC Ccontract and adaptation to the site conditions," added Grigory Sosnin, ASE's director of the El-Dabaa NPP construction project.

"Westinghouse looks forward to presenting the Polish government with the most advanced and competitive technology offer for this very important project," said Elias Gedeon, senior vice president of commercial operations at Westinghouse.

The Algeria national oil and gas company Sonatrach extracted 176 Mtoe of hydrocarbon in 2020 (-6%),

Brent ended the session up 37 cents, or 0.5% at $75.13 a barrel, WTI settled up 49 cents, or 0.7% at $73.47 a barrel.