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The October Brent futures flat price saw better support on Tuesday afternoon, finding a springboard of $75.60/bbl before gapping up to $77/bbl before coming off to $76.62/bbl by 17:30 BST (time of writing). The US Department of Energy announced two solicitations to purchase oil for the SPR, 1.5mb for delivery into the Bayou Choctaw site and 2.0mb for the Bryan Mound site, both in January 2025. Libya’s NOC said on Tuesday that it is gradually reducing production from the Sharara field, citing force majeure due to protests in the area.

The October Brent futures flat price has been decimated this afternoon, falling from $79.70/bbl at 12:10 BST to a low of $76.75/bbl at 15:40 BST, before it retraced marginally up to $76.90/bbl by 17:30 BST (time of writing).

The October Brent futures flat price has been decimated this afternoon, falling from $79.70/bbl at 12:10 BST to a low of $76.75/bbl at 15:40 BST, before it retraced marginally up to $76.90/bbl by 17:30 BST (time of writing).

The October Brent futures flat price continued to trade at the elevated $81.50/bbl level before sharply declining at 15:00 BST by over $1/bbl before finding support in the low $80s, printing $80.17/bbl at 17:20 BST (time of writing)….

The October Brent futures contract remained rangebound this afternoon, falling from $80.35/bbl at 14:00 BST to below $80/bbl at 15:45 BST to finally rise to $80.60/bbl at 17:30 BST (time of writing)

The October Brent futures flat price has come off again this afternoon, falling from $79/bbl at 12:00 BST to $78.10/bbl by 14:55 BST and subsequently trading in a range between $77.95/bbl and $78.45/bbl.