Brent dropped 85 cents, or 0.9%, to $95.30 a barrel, WTI fell $1.01, or 1.1%, to $88.99.

Currently, the most expensive form of generation -- gas -- sets the price for all electricity that’s sold into the market. That means consumers are bearing the brunt of Russia’s supply cuts to the continent. It also means Europe isn’t feeling much of the benefit of low-cost renewables like wind farms, which get to sell at big margins.

Additional domestic gas production from a bigger reserve base in the Black Sea may allow Turkey to reverse some of the recent electricity and gas price hikes.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.1 million barrels to 436.8 million barrels.

Brent rose 54 cents, or 0.6%, to $95.19 a barrel, WTI rose 72 cents, or 0.8%, to $89.09 a barrel.

Dutch front-month gas, Europe’s benchmark, traded 2.4% higher at €119 per megawatt-hour by 8:43 a.m. in Amsterdam after losing 5.8% a day earlier.

Brent rose $1.95, or 2.1%, to $94.76 per barrel, WTI rose $1.93, or 2.23%, to $88.46 a barrel.

Global primary energy demand is forecast to continue growing in the medium- and long-term, increasing by a significant 23% in the period to 2045. The world needs to annually add on average 2.7 million barrels of oil equivalent a day to 2045.

Europe’s gas storage sites are nearly 95% full, providing a buffer for when the weather turns colder. Reserves in the biggest gas consumer, Germany, have risen to 99%, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-октябре 2022 года сложилась в размере $79,57 за баррель, в январе-октябре 2021 года – $67,51 за баррель.

Brent dropped $1.02, or 1.1%, to $95.94 a barrel, WTI were down $1.24, or 1.4%, at $87.84 a barrel.

The G7 and EU are finalizing details of a price cap that is intended to be implemented with the EU ban on seaborne Russian crude imports on Dec. 5 and Russian oil products on Feb. 5, 2023.

The recent fall in European gas prices may not last, according to Italian energy major Eni SpA. “It’s a temporary situation,” Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi said in Abu Dhabi. “We have problems in 2023 because in 2023 we don’t have Russian gas.”

The push to fill storage facilities before the start of winter has been successful -- with many close to capacity. But some suppliers may now want to hold back those reserves until they can sell their stored gas at more attractive rates.

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 768, Canada Rig Count is up 2 from last week to 212.