U.S. Rig Count is is down 0 from last week to 727, Canada Rig Count is up 14 from last week to 117.

Brent fell 85 cents, or 0.7%, to $116.76 a barrel, WTI slipped 88 cents, or 0.8%, to $115.99.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $114.62 a barrel on Thursday,

Therefore, July production will be adjusted upward by 0.648 mb/d as per the attached schedule.

"The EU's decisions to partially phase out Russian oil and oil products, as well as to ban the insurance of Russian merchant ships, are highly likely to provoke further price increases, destabilize energy markets, and disrupt supply chains," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Asia is expected to account for about 40% of global incremental crude runs in 2022, with the US and Europe accounting for about 30% and 18%, respectively.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 5.1 million barrels to 414.7 million barrels.

Brent was down $2.07, or 1.8%, at $114.22 a barrel, WTI dropped $2.21, or 1.9%, to $113.05 a barrel.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $122.94 a barrel on Tuesday,

Another group of officials, many based at Janet Yellen’s Treasury Department, worry about further strains on a global economy already suffering from supply-chain woes, inflation, volatile oil prices and a potential food crisis.

Meanwhile those with spare capacity – primarily Saudi Arabia and the UAE – have held off on breaching their quotas to maintain OPEC+ unity rather than spark a market share battle.

The Brent contract for July delivery expired on Tuesday at $122.84 a barrel, up 1%, WTI rose 37 cents, or 0.3%, to $115.04 a barrel.

Even with some countries halting or phasing out energy purchases, Russia's oil-and-gas revenue will be about $285 billion this year, according to estimates from Bloomberg Economics based on Economy Ministry projections.

First proposed on May 4, the EU's sixth sanctions package against Russia was designed to ban its crude imports into the bloc within six months and halt flows of its oil products by the year-end to help hit Moscow's oil revenues.

Oil still posted its longest run of monthly gains in more than a decade.