The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, together known as OPEC+, decided on Thursday to release more oil into the market in January in line with previous months
Gehlot said inflation has shaken people across the country and there is a need to curb it
Oil fell with global equities markets on fears the variant could dampen economic growth
On Wednesday, China said it was working on its own reserves release
Oil prices were largely steady as investors questioned the effectiveness of a U.S.-led release of oil from strategic reserves
Brent crude was up 28 cents or 0.3% at $81.52 a barrel by 0145 GMT, after falling to a six-week low on Thursday before rebounding to close 1.2% higher.
The prospects of speedier interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and ongoing supply chain disruptions weighed on Wall Street, while oil dropped on concerns of oversupply and dwindling
Brent crude futures dropped 32 cents, or 0.4%, by 1410 GMT to $82.11 a barrel
The fall came after UN climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels
President Biden kept investors guessing about whether he'll act to tame oil prices
Brent crude futures climbed 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $85.10 a barrel by 0416 GMT, after rising 1.6% on Tuesday.
The rally came ahead of the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) release of oil and gasoline price predictions
Brent crude futures gained 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.46 a barrel at 0107 GMT after falling 0.3% on Wednesday.
Oil prices rose on Monday, extending multiweek gains as economies try to recover from the coronavirus pandemic
Brent crude futures climbed 60 cents, or 0.9%, to $65.78 a barrel by 0158 GMT, after hitting the lowest level since May 21 of $64.60 earlier in the session
Doubts about the future of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that could end U.S. sanctions on Iranian crude exports also helped prices.
Brent crude futures were up 49 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $69.37 barrel after touching a more than seven-week high of $69.78 earlier in the session
Benchmark Brent settled down 41 cents, or 0.6%, to $69.22 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude also ended down 41 cents to $65.61 a barrel.
OPEC+ will have an important say in how the oil supercycle plays out. Oil prices are now at a level that could bring at least the smaller US operators back and even start to tempt renewed longer-cycle
Index heavyweights, Reliance Industries, HDFC, TCS, ITC and ICICI Bank were among the top Sensex drags