On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery in November traded higher by Rs 20, or 0.7 per cent, at Rs 2,866 per barrel in 4,278 lots.
Read MoreBrent crude was up 12 cents, or 0.3%, at $40.58 a barrel by 0039 GMT, having dropped more than 3% overnight. U.S. oil was up 13 cents, or 03%, at $38.69 a barrel, after also declining more than 3% on Monday.
Read MoreSpeaking in an online interview at CERWeek's India Energy Conference, Pouyanne said that retail fuel demand in Europe was "good" and almost at pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of the year.
Read MoreRenaissance Capital estimated that in total, the finance ministry plans to source 6 trillion roubles ($78 billion) in tax revenues from the oil and gas sector in 2021, or 32% of its total 2021 budget revenues under a Urals oil price assumption of $45.3 per barrel.
Read MoreThe plan is anchored by Wirth's $11.8 billion purchase this month of U.S.-based Noble Energy, which holds a stake of about 40% in the aptly-named Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel.
Read MoreBrent crude was down by 53 cents, or 1.3%, at $41.24 by 0052 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropped 53 cents, or 1.3%, to $39.32, having fallen more than a dollar shortly after the start of trading.
Read MoreBrent crude was off 1 cent at $42.45 a barrel by 0040 GMT having risen 1.7% on Thursday, while U.S. oil was 2 cents lower at $40.62, following a 1.5% gain in the previous session.
Read MoreBrent crude futures retreated 21 cents, or 0.5%, to $41.52 a barrel after sliding 3.3% on Wednesday.
Read MoreBrent crude futures for December delivery were at $42.66 a barrel, down 50 cents, or 1.16%, as of 1027 GMT, while December U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slipped 56 cents, or 1.34%, to $41.14.
Read MoreBrent crude futures for December delivery were at $42.94 a barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.5%, as of 0035 GMT, while December U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slipped 23 cents, or 0.7%, to $41.47 a barrel.
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