Predictions of a disruption in Russia’s energy sector, have pushed up oil prices

Analysts believe that sanctions and the migration of Western oil corporations will have an immediate impact on Russian oil production.
Most flares from Texas Permian oil drilling lack permits -study

Oil producers such as Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) are burning off gas in the largest oil field in the United States without required Texas state permits, the environmental group Earthworks said in a report on Thursday.