U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 4.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 532.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 12% above the five year average for this time of year.

Brent was up 45 cents, or 1.5%, at $31.42 a barrel, WTI was up 45 cents, or 1.5%, at $31.42 a barrel.

The worldwide rig count for April 2020 was 1,514, down 450 from the 1,964 counted in March 2020

U.S. Rig Count is down 57 rigs from last week to 408, Canada Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 27

Brent was up $1.97 or 8.1%, at $26.20 a barrel, WTI climbed to $17.30 a barrel, up 14.9% or $2.24.

Russia is advocating a shift in the OPEC+ strategy once global crude oil recovers

Brent were up 2.30%, or 47 cents, to $20.93 a barrel, WTI jumped 12.56% or $1.55 to $13.89

Brent rose 41 cents, or 2%, to $20.40 a barrel, WTI was down 78 cents, or 6%, at $12.00 a barrel.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported first quarter 2020 revenues of $1.88 billion, compared to $2.28 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019 and $1.94 billion for the first quarter of 2019.

Brent was down 90 cents, or 4.2%, at $20.54 a barrel, WTI fell $2.42, or 14.3%, to $14.52 a barrel

«Большинство эксперт­ов сходятся в том что на сегодня мы находимся на пике снижения спрос­а на нефть. Во втором полугодии, думаю, экономика начнет восстанавливат­ься и спрос будет ра­сти»,

Volatile movement is expected even as crude futures appear to have found a floor currently, after a dramatic week that saw the NYMEX contract slip into negative territory for the first time.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission probe is focused on whether aspects of the strategy that the Russian government pursued last month with other members of the OPEC+ coalition leaked out to market participants ahead of time

The original agreement provided for Hilcorp to pay $4.0 billion near-term and $1.6 billion through an earnout thereafter.

U.S. Rig Count is down 64 rigs from last week to 465, Canada Rig Count is down 4 rigs from last week to 26