World oil prices are falling during trading on Wednesday, December 15. January futures for WTI crude oil fell 1.30% to $ 69.81 per barrel. Brent crude for February delivery dropped 1.13% to $ 72.87 per barrel. Earlier, the director of the Energy Development Fund Sergei Pikin, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, gave a forecast regarding oil prices amid the pandemic, including the identification of a new strain of the omicron coronavirus.
January futures for WTI crude oil fell 1.30% to $ 69.81 per barrel.
Brent crude for February delivery dropped 1.13% to $ 72.87 per barrel.
Earlier, the director of the Energy Development Fund Sergei Pikin, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, gave a forecast regarding oil prices amid the pandemic, including the identification of a new strain of the omicron coronavirus.