Executives from 146 oil and gas firms were asked where they expect the WTI crude oil price to be at the end of the year as part of the latest Dallas Fed Energy Survey.
The oil leasing plan being released by the Interior Department on Friday will contain only a low number of sales, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
TotalEnergies has insisted it is committed to cutting emissions while planning to raise oil and gas production by as much as three percent over the next five years.