Russia's war against Ukraine that started in February has exacerbated gas prices. But the excesses of the TTF had already been detected before, with rises of more than 700% in 2021.

The deepwater Nargis block is located off the city of Arish on the Sinai Peninsula. It is one of four offshore exploration blocks off Egypt’s coast in which the US group Chevron holds operating interests, alongside with the Egyptian oil company Tharwa Petroleum.

U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week to 776, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 199.

Brent fell 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $81.07 per barrel, WTI slipped 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $75.89.

The IEA predicts oil demand will rise by 2.3 million b/d in 2022 and by a further 1.7 million b/d in 2023, noting the contrast between strong gasoil and diesel use, especially in non-OECD economies, and weak petrochemical consumption in Europe and Asia.

OPEC is also in protection of the $80/bbl price floor and I'd suggest to get the buys in at mid 75s to low 72s on the #CL being a value trader coming into 2023.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 394.1 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through December 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 19.6 per cent (or 96.3 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 10.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels.

Brent dropped 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $80.51 per barrel, WTI fell 3 cents to $75.36.

Brent rose $1.33, or 1.7%, to $79.32 per barrel, WTI gained $1.15, or 1.6%, to $74.32.

Brent were down 38 cents, or 0.4%, at $75.72 a barrel, WTI was at $70.76 a barrel, down 26 cents, or 0.3%.

Dry natural gas production in 2022 to set an annual record in the United States, averaging 98.0 Bcf/d.

U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week to 780, Canada Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 202.

Brent edged up 3 cents, or 0.04%, to $79.38 a barrel , WTI were down 9 cents or 0.12% to $74.16 a barrel.

Falling global inventories of oil in early 2023 will push Brent prices back above $90/b by the beginning of the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23). The Brent crude oil spot price will average $92/b for all of 2023.