Brent had added 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $81.41 per barrel, WTI rose 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $76.98.

The Brent crude oil spot price will average $80 per barrel (b) in 4Q23 and $84/b in 2024.

According to price reporting agency Argus Media, Urals crude topped $60 a barrel on Wednesday, climbing above the cap that the Group of Seven set last year in an attempt to restrict revenue to Moscow’s war machine.

The central bank still expects a current account surplus of $47 billion this year and $38 billion in 2024. On Tuesday, it said in a statement that Russia’s worsening trade balance was caused by a decrease in export volumes as well as the decline in prices mainly for energy exports.

About 40% of new global LNG output will come from Qatar by 2029, said Minister of Energy Saad al-Kaabi at the LNG 2023 conference.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 5.9 million barrels to 458.1 million barrels.

Brent were up 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $76.72 a barrel, WTI gained 19 cents, also 0.3%, to $71.99 a barrel.

В рамках усилий по обеспечению баланса рынка Россия добровольно сократит в августе поставки на нефтяные рынки на 500 тыс. баррелей в сутки посредством сокращения экспорта на обозначенную величину.

UAE energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said the voluntary OPEC+ cuts would bear fruit soon and blamed the current market malaise on the disconnect between physical and paper traders.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-июне 2023 года сложилась в размере $52,17 за баррель, в январе-июне 2022 года – $84,09 за баррель.

Отклонение фактически полученных нефтегазовых доходов от ожидаемого месячного объема нефтегазовых доходов по итогам июня 2023 года составило -30,347 млрд руб.

By 2021, wind, solar, and natural gas provided 48 percent of Germany’s electricity, and provided most of the electricity consumed in Italy (63%), the UK (64%), and the Netherlands (78%).

Oil-entropy is still ongoing,somewhat of a tug of war developing with a mix of SPR watch outs.At least the volume on the Geopolitics has toned down a bit,maybe on the 'baguette' side of life where protests have been rocking Paris.Taiwan presidential hopeful vows to maintain peace with China.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 1.5 million barrels to 452.2 million barrels.

Brent rose 16 cents or 0.2% to stand at $74.67, WTI gained 8 cents or 0.1% to $69.95.