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

Brent was down 73 cents, or 3.42%, at $20.60 per barrel, WTI fell by 84 cents, or 5.09%, to $15.66 a barrel

the State of Kuwait sensing a responsibility for responding to market conditions has already decreased some of its supplies to the international markets,

Brent was up $1.60, or 7.8%, at $21.97 per barrel, WTI rose $1.74, or 12.6%, at $15.52 a barrel.

The U.S. oil industry was already struggling to satisfy investors unhappy with weak returns, even as the United States surged to become the world’s largest oil producer in the last few years.

The Argentinian government plans to set a minimum oil reference price for local producers at US$45/bbl,

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Brent crude touched $15.98 a barrel, WTI was down 51 cents, or 4.4%, at $11.06 a barrel.

ОПЕК+ Россия внимательно следят за ситуацией и имеют, в случае необходимости, все возможности для реагирования.

Monday's unprecedented meltdown in oil prices, with front-month NYMEX WTI futures diving deep into negative territory as Tuesday's expiry of the May contract neared, was the exclamation point on what many OPEC+ delegates have described as an alarming and depressing ride.

Brent crude for was down 48 cents, or 1.9%, at $25.09 per barrel, WTI was up $38.99 in thin trade at $1.36 a barrel