At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $101.20 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $89.73 per barrel. Brent was actually up from Friday in absolute terms, and so was WTI, suggesting that some in the trading world, at least, were waiting for harder evidence of improving flows.
OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to keep its oil production quota for next month unchanged from this one, in line with expectations, after it unwound its production cuts earlier this year in a bid to offset the deepening supply shortage from the Middle East.
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What does SCADA stand for in oil and gas operations?