U.S. Rig Count is up 6 from last week at 417, Canada Rig Count is down 11 from last week to 81

Brent was higher by 54 cents, or 0.9%, at $62.49 a barrel. WTI was up 65 cents, or 1.1%, at $59.21 a barrel.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.62% and the S&P 500 gained 0.52% while the Nasdaq Composite added just 0.12%.

During the feasibility study, ENEOS and Saudi Aramco will jointly look at Aramco's hydrogen production derived from feedstocks such as natural gas and LPG as well as capture and storage of its associated CO2 from production, ENEOS said.

Nuclear energy can generate low-carbon hydrogen via a number of different ways.

PROtect EATF is more tolerant to loss of active cooling in the reactor core for longer periods because its reduced oxidation behaviour increases "coping time"

China will preferentially give subsidies to wind and solar power companies, and further step up credit and loan support.

The cost of generating power from the sun has dropped more than 80% in the last decade, making it competitive with plants powered by fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020

The Sofia wind farm will be located 195 kilometres (121.2 miles) off the UK’s North East coast in the shallow area of the central North Sea, known as Dogger Bank. Once fully operational, it will be capable of producing electricity for 1.2 million UK homes per year.

"The government of Mozambique has declared the area within a 25 km perimeter surrounding the Mozambique LNG project as a special security area," Total said in a statement.

Brent slid 77 cents, or 1.2%, to $63.64 a barrel. WTI dropped by 87 cents, or 1.4%, to $60.31 a barrel.

"There is no bigger opportunity in front of us than rebuilding the world's energy system around carbon-free sources," Korsnick said, adding that there is "no more debate about the need for swift action".

“We are highly concerned that the Member State’s right to choose between different energy sources and the right to determine the general structure of the energy supply is currently heavily limited by EU policy making, which excludes nuclear power from more and more policies,” they said.

The Shanghai Composite index finished down 0.1% at 3,363.59 points. The blue-chip CSI300 index edged just 0.05% lower