Brent was up $1.20, or 3.1%, to $40.47 a barrel, WTI was $1.26, or 3.4%, higher at $38.31 a barrel.

Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 661,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent,

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO closed 2.6% higher at 5,941.6 points, starting the week on a firm note after a 2.9% drop last week.

“The Canada Infrastructure Bank is critical to expanding Canada’s ambition by bringing in the private sector to get more infrastructure built,” said Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna, adding that the investments will create 60,000 jobs and “help build a low-carbon future”.

The energy market is rapidly changing. In the past several years, power grids have transformed from a few well-controlled generating units to multiple distributed energy resources connected to a vast system managed by increasingly digital solutions.

OPEN100 online platform serves as a repository for engineering schematics, construction schedules and financial models, establishing a common framework to align technology start-ups, engineering firms, utilities and capital firms.

The People’s Committee of Haiphong (Vietnam) has approved ExxonMobil’s 6 Mt/year LNG import terminal and 2,250 MW gas-fired power plant projects, which would require an investment of US$5.1bn.

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 266, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 75

Brent was down $1.12, or 2.7%, at $39.81 a barrel, WTI was down $1.12, or 2.9%, at $37.60.

The Danish Energy Agency granted the permit on Thursday almost a year after the application was submitted.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-сентябре 2020 года сложилась в размере $40,84 за баррель, в январе-сентябре 2019 года - $64,15 за баррель.

The United States grew to become the world’s largest oil producer at nearly 13 million barrels per day (bpd), led by shale companies.

The Nuclear Fuel Working Group, established by Trump in 2019 to undertake a full analysis of national security considerations with respect to nuclear fuel supply chain after a Section 232 Petition from two US uranium miners asked for a quota on uranium imports, has already called for action be taken to strengthen the country's uranium mining industry.

"Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States are committed to exploring collective activities in multilateral settings in coordination with financial institutions and the private sector to enhance international investment in research and development and the rapid adoption of new energy technologies," the statement added.

Negative power prices have swept across Europe in the first nine months of 2020, with excess power in the market resulting in consumers being paid rather than charged to use electricity,