U.S. Rig Count is down 1 from last week to 762, Canada Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 201

Brent fell 36 cents, or 0.4%, to $96.23 a barrel, WTI was at $90.29 a barrel, down 21 cents.

Europe is engulfed in an energy crisis fanned by limited supplies from Russia, as well as increased demand amid recovery from the pandemic and a hot and dry summer that has increased the need for cooling.

Gas markets in Europe jumped 6 per cent on Wednesday to €236 a megawatt hour, taking the week’s gains so far to 14 per cent. The latest price was equivalent in energy terms to almost $400 a barrel of oil,

“The still high increase in consumer prices and the expected additional costs for heating and electricity are currently having a particularly negative impact on the prospects for the consumer-related sectors of the economy,” said Michael Schröder, a researcher at the ZEW.

European countries imported on average approximately 400 million cubic meters of gas per day from Russia during the January to July period last year, but imports dropped to 240 million cubic meters per day for the January-July period this year.

Russia's crude exports rose by 140,000 b/d on the month to average 3.36 million b/d from Aug 1-16 to remain above pre-war levels for the fifth month in a row,

Brent fell 84 cents, or 0.9%, to $94.26 a barrel, WTI dipped 45 cents, or 0.5%, to $88.96 a barrel.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $100.04 a barrel

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 июля 2022 года по 14 августа 2022 года составила $83,06 за баррель, или $606,4 за тонну.

On the other hand, #BRENT has been clinging within the mid $90s/bbl range and having a price ceiling within the $101.35/bbl as the Tiltpoint.

Benchmark futures increased as much as 6.5%, after settling 6.8% higher on Monday.

Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto had traveled to Moscow in late July in an attempt to secure 0.7 Bcm of gas from Russia in addition to the 4.5 Bcm/year of gas it contracted to buy in September 2021.

Brent fell $1.14, or 1.2%, to $97.01 a barrel, WTI was at $91.03 a barrel, down $1.06, or 1.2%.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $103.20 a barrel