In Denmark, South Africa and Britain, the number of new Omicron cases has been doubling every two days.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and allies, together known as OPEC+, have said they could meet before their scheduled Jan.
The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by three to 579 in the week to Dec.
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