The July futures for WTI crude went up by 0.26% to $ 54.04 a barrel.
Futures for Brent crude with delivery in August rose by 0.03% to $ 62.16 a barrel.
In March, Alexander Frolov, deputy director general of the National Energy Institute, said in an interview with FAN that if oil prices do not rise above $ 70 a barrel in the coming years, this could provoke a shortage of hydrocarbons in the market and, as a result, an astronomical increase in this resource.