U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 0.6 million barrels to 470.5 million barrels.

The Worldwide Rig Count for March was 1,879, down 43 from the 1,921 counted in February 2023, and up 218, from the 1,661 counted in March 2022.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.7 million barrels to 470.0 million barrels.

Brent settled up 13 cents, or 0.2%, at $85.12 a barrel, WTI closed 9 cents, or 0.1%, higher at $80.70.

Делегаты встречи подтвердили приверженность решению альянса от 5 октября 2022 года по ограничению добычи нефти на 2 млн баррелей в сутки (к уровню августа 2022 года) до конца 2023 года, а также призвали все страны-участницы добиться полного соответствия условиям соглашения и придерживаться компенсационного механизма.

This will bring the total additional voluntary production adjustments by the above-mentioned countries to 1.66 million b/d.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-марте 2023 года сложилась в размере $48,92 за баррель, в январе-марте 2022 года — $88,95 за баррель.

Brent were down 19 cents, or -0.24%, at $79.08 a barrel, WTI fell by 1 cent, or -0.01%, to $74.36.

Banking crisis seems to be a regulatory issue not a monetary policy issue. Dollar may get a leg up higher soon despite the fluid situation. Natural credit tightening by banks being a factor to consider, also remembering the Core PCE Data during the week.

Brent slid 48 cents, or 0.6%, to $75.43 a barrel, WTI dropped 52 cents, or 0.7%, to $69.44 a barrel.

For 2023, the world oil demand growth forecast remains unchanged at 2.3 mb/d, with the OECD Americas and OECD Europe revised slightly lower, while China is revised higher, with jet/kerosene and gasoline leading demand growth.

A total of 529.2 billion cubic meters of gas were added to natural gas reserves in the course of geological exploration in 2022. This means that gas reserve addition rates have been surpassing gas production rates for as many as 18 consecutive years (with the 2022 production rates standing at 412.6 billion cubic meters of gas).

Preliminary production figures for February 2023 show an average daily production of 1 994 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.1 million barrels to 481.2 million barrels.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.6 million barrels to 480.1 million barrels.