India has taken up the issue of high oil prices with producer nations and OPEC, demanding affordable rates, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Brent crude was down $1, or 1.4%, at $72.59 a barrel by 0037 GMT, after falling nearly 3% last week
OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic
OPEC+ ministers are meeting on Sunday in another attempt to agree a quick oil supply boost to address soaring prices as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic
The increase in Covid cases globally have made the oil market uncertain as it has the potential to erode demand quickly
Sunday's meeting will be held virtually as have all such discussions since last year
Futures in New York fell 0.6 per cent toward $71 a barrel after closing at the lowest in a month on Thursday
U.S. crude for August rose 42 cents, or 0.6%, to $72.07 a barrel, on track for a 3.4% decline, its largest weekly drop since April.
OPEC stuck to its forecast for a strong recovery in world oil demand in the rest of 2021, predicted oil use would rise further in 2022 similar to pre-pandemic rates, led by growth in China and India.
Oil prices fell more than 1% on Thursday, extending losses as investors braced for more supplies following a compromise between top OPEC producers and as US fuel stocks rose
Under the compromise with Saudi Arabia, the UAE's baseline production will rise to 3.65 million barrels per day after the current pact expires in April 2022
The IEA said market volatility stoked by the impasse served neither producers nor consumers and that while higher fuel prices could provide an impetus to developing more renewable energy
OPEC+ is yet to make progress closing divisions between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates that last week prevented a deal to raise oil output, making another policy meeting this week less likely
US West Texas Intermediate futures were up $1.41, or 1.9 per cent, at $74.35.
Oil prices were mixed after a boost from a drop in US crude and gasoline inventories, but were still set for a weekly decline on concerns that an OPEC+ impasse could swell global crude supplies
Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday in another seesaw trading session, as investors feared what this week's collapse in Opec+ talks meant for worldwide production
Domestic production of oil and gas has been lagging
A failure of OPEC+ talks on Monday means a planned output rise for August has yet to be agreed
OPEC+ brinkmanship has taken oil prices towards $80 a barrel, the highest since 2018, threatening to upend central banks' transitory inflation narrative as well as the post-pandemic economic recovery
Brent crude was up 3 cents at $74.56 a barrel by 0115 GMT, after slumping more than 3% on Tuesday. US oil was up 7 cents at $73.44 a barrel, having declined by more than 2% in the previous session