In today's episode:

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• Chevron’s CEO says it won’t follow in the footsteps of other supermajors “aspirational” climate change goals;
  
  
• Oil prices stopped their recovery, as Russia’s delegate walked out of the OPEC Plus meeting in Vienna this morning;
  
  
• And, a consensus seems to be building on Wall Street around a coming contraction in global oil demand.
  
  

Today's episode of The Daily Brief is sponsored by Siemens. Visit www.siemens.com/oilandgas to learn more about Siemens’ engineering services and technologies for platforms and vessels, including FPSOs.