China, India, Japan, South Korea and the UK will join the US in releasing strategic oil stocks, the White House said, without giving further details.

China has been ramping up gas supply from all sources including pipeline gas contracts with Central Asia.

The OPEC+ alliance is scheduled to meet Dec. 2 to decide on January production levels, amid strong hints from the US, China, Japan and India that a coordinated crude release from their strategic petroleum reserves was imminent.

"Между Россией и Узбекистаном за десятилетия сотрудничества наработаны стабильные энергетические связи, запущен ряд успешных проектов как по освоению энергоресурсов Узбекистана, так и по поставкам их на территорию страны", - сообщил Николай Шульгинов.

European and British wholesale gas prices rose on Tuesday as colder weather increased demand and the market remained nervous about winter supplies from Russia.

Brent rose 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $82.44 a barrel, WTI increased 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.70 a barrel.

Around 80% of this is expected to come from the private sector, with debt financing growing to a 60% share within that, IRENA deputy director-general Gauri Singh said.

U.S. Rig Count is up 6 from last week to 569, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 171.

In Tehran on 23 November, Mr Grossi met with Mohammad Eslami, the Vice President of Iran and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"The partnership with Hyundai Engineering & Construction enhances our ability to deliver SMR-160 projects on schedule and at a competitive price," Holtec Senior Vice President of International Projects Rick Springman said.

“Expanding the benefit of nuclear science, especially to less advantaged communities, is not only the right thing to do, but it also helps build trust in the nuclear sector. Consider joining us in advancing the beneficial uses of nuclear science and technology across the world,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

The meetings will decide the group's January production levels. The existing pact calls on OPEC+ countries to hike output quotas by 400,000 b/d, though the volumes can be changed per market conditions.

"A total of 8 to 16 coal-fired power plants will be offline from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 as part of efforts to reduce fine dust emissions in the winter period," the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement.

The current transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine is due to expire at the end of 2024. It came into effect at the start of 2020, and was brokered by the European Commission.

Brent gained 7 cents to $82.32 a barrel, WTI fell 12 cents, or 0.2%, to $78.27 a barrel.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.0 million barrels from the previous week to 434.0 million barrels.

Laser fusion is a method of igniting nuclear fusion reactions and is a potential alternative to magnetic confinement.

US support for nuclear energy has grown 10 percentage points from 2018 to 2021, with 59% overall now saying they are strongly or somewhat in support.

Общий объем освоения инвестиций ПАО «Газпром» на 2022 год — 1 757,7 млрд руб. Объем заимствований ПАО «Газпром» на 2022 год — 272,789 млрд руб. Окончательные параметры инвестиционной программы и бюджета будут утверждены Советом директоров ПАО «Газпром».

Solar and wind currently account for less than 1% of the country’s installed capacity, with 4 MW and 1 MW, respectively.