Alaska North Slope crude and Brent crude closed above the psychologically important $75 per barrel mark June 23. ANS gained 42 cents to close at $75.06, Brent rose 38 cents to close at $75.19 and West Texas Intermediate moved 2 cents higher to close at $73.08.
Brent made a session high of $76.02 and.
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The Baker Hughes U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 470 the week ending June 18, up by nine from 461 the previous week and up by 204 from 266 a year ago.
When the count bottomed out at 244 in mid-August last year, it was not just the low for 2020, but the lowest the count has been since the Houston.
Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents asked a judge June 11 to require the pipeline company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide detailed monthly status reports while the federal government conducts an extensive environmental review of the project.
The request comes after U.S. District Ju.