MOSCOW, 18 Jan. The cost of Brent oil for the first time since October 2014 exceeded $87 per barrel, according to trading data. , WTI was worth 84.34, rising in price by 1.25%. Due to the decrease in oil demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, OPEC + has reduced production by 9.7 million barrels per day since May last year. As the situation stabilized, the terms of the agreement were adjusted. Since August 2021, the alliance has been increasing production by 400 thousand barrels per day every month, hoping to return to previous levels by the end of September 2022. Statistics on weekly oil reserves in the United States are expected on Thursday. In the week ending January 7, commercial stocks in the country fell to the lowest level since October 2018. ton
