Brent crude futures dropped 14 cents, or 0.3% to $40.65 a barrel, after rising 2.5% on Wednesday.
Read MoreConsumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 14.39 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.
Read MoreBrent crude was up 44 cents, or 1.1%, at $40.22 a barrel by 0752 GMT after dropping more than 5% on Tuesday to fall below $40 a barrel for the first time since June.
Read MoreBrent crude was down 16 cents, or 0.4%, at $39.62 a barrel by 0241 GMT after declining more than 5% on Tuesday.
Read MoreMPOA estimated that the industry has lost up to 30% of its potential yield due to a labour crunch, and pegged the country's crude palm oil output to be much lower than last year's 19.9 million tonnes.
Read MoreBrent crude fell 61 cents, or 1.5%, to $41.40 a barrel at 0918 GMT, and earlier slipped to $41.21, the lowest since July 1. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped $1.36, or over 3%, to $38.41.
Read MoreBrent crude futures inched up 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.07 a barrel, after falling 1.5% on Monday.
Read MoreBrent crude was at $42.04 a barrel, down 62 cents or 1.4% by 0859 GMT, after earlier sliding to $41.51, the lowest since July 30.
Read MoreThe protest march was also attended by some contract workers from BPCL, along with the party's leaders and workers.
Read MoreBrent crude was at $42.11 a barrel, down 55 cents or 1.3% by 0642 GMT, after earlier sliding to $41.51, the lowest since July 30.
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