TotalEnergies said it would boost spending on short-cycle projects this year to help ease Europe's growing energy supply crunch. It expects its full-year capital spending to hit $16 billion in 2022 as it hopes to increase its sources of European natural gas and produce more LNG in the coming months.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.5 million barrels to 426.6 million barrels.

Brent were down $1.34, or 1.3%, at $99.20 a barrel, WTI fell $1.28, or 1.4%, to $93.14 a barrel.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $106.80 a barrel

His Excellency Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait took office as Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the Organization’s Secretariat in Vienna, Austria.

Первый замминистра выделил в качестве одного из перспективных проектов в нефтегазовой сфере - проект «Марин 12». «Ключевым проектом также является строительство нефтепродуктопровода «Пуэнт-Нуар – Лутете – Малуко-Трешо», в котором примут участие российские компании.

The Joint Technical Committee of OPEC+, which includes Russia, trimmed its forecast for a surplus in the oil market this year by 200,000 barrels per day to 800,000 bpd

The region imported almost 700,000 barrels a day of the fuel from Russia last month, higher than the previous month and a 22 per cent increase compared with July last year

Brent was down $1.40, or 1.4%, to $98.63 a barrel, WTI fell $1.00, or 1.1%, to $92.89.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $110.90 a barrel

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-июле 2022 года сложилась в размере $83,27 за баррель, в январе-июле 2021 года – $64,68 за баррель.

The boom in STS activity involving Russian crude came as Moscow's seaborne oil exports defied Western sanctions to hit post-pandemic highs of 4 million b/d in April 2022.

Brent were down 82 cents, or 0.8%, at $103.15 a barrel, WTI was at $97.44 a barrel, down $1.18, or 1.2%.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $110.84 a barrel

Было подчёркнуто, что Россия и Саудовская Аравия твёрдо привержены цели соглашения ОПЕК+ по сохранению рыночной стабильности и восстановлению баланса спроса и предложения.