Under the government’s latest “reasonable worst-case scenario,” Britain could face an electricity capacity shortfall totaling about a sixth of peak demand, even after emergency coal plants have been fired up, according to people familiar with the government’s planning.

The money lost is dwarfed by enormous profits both BP and Shell recorded this year on the back of soaring refining margins and high oil and gas prices.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 5.5 million barrels to 432.0 million barrels.

Brent fell $1.34, or 1.4%, to $95.31 a barrel, WTI dropped $1.25, or 1.4%, to $89.51.

Benchmark gas declined as much as 2.9%, sliding for a third session. The continent’s storage sites are 72% full, compared to the average for the previous five years of 70.1%, data from Gas Infrastructure Europe show.

Hard-coal output averaged 6.36 GW for Week 31 (Aug. 1-8), up 21% week-on-week, while gas fell 24% to 4.26 GW.

Brent were down 51 cents, or 0.5%, at $94.41 a barrel, WTI was at $88.58 a barrel, down 43 cents, or 0.5%.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $100.01 a barrel

China's crude stocks stood at an 11-month high of 945 million barrels in May, accounting for 63% of the country's crude storage capacity

"Sakhalin-1 is a valuable non-Middle East source for Japan, which depends on the Middle East for 90% of its crude oil imports," said Haguida, the minister for economy, trade and industry.

The Worldwide Rig Count for July was 1,775, up 69 from the 1,706 counted in June 2022,and up 395 from the 1,380 counted in July 2021.

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 764, Canada Rig Count is down 1 from last week to 203.

Brent rose 10 cents, or 0.1%, at $96.88 a barrel, WTI was up 21 cents, a 0.2% gain, at $90.87.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $104.86 a barrel

Adjust upward the production level for OPEC and non-OPEC Participating Countries by 0.1 mb/d for the month of September 2022