Oil prices were treading water on Thursday August 4, after the announcement of the OPEC + countries of a ridiculous increase in its total production volume for September and their fall the day before after the surprise increase in crude stocks in the States. -United.

Around 10 a.m. GMT (12 p.m. in Paris), a barrel of Brent from the North Sea for delivery in October climbed 0.54% to 97.30 dollars . A barrel of American West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in September took 0.92% to 91.49 dollars.