US total oil rig count for the week to Nov. 13 due in 10 minutes.

Coke most-active contract is up more than 2.0% intraday, trading at 1,973 yuan/ton.

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the “15th Five-Year New Energy Storage Implementation Plan”, backing new storage integrated with emerging power models and encouraging exploration of thermal and hydrogen storage for non-electric use of renewables. The plan supports deploying storage in source–grid–load–storage integration, green-power direct connections, smart microgrids, incremental distribution networks for renewable access, and virtual power plants to enhance self-peak and self-balancing capabilities. It also calls for coordinating storage with EV charging infrastructure and PV–storage charge/discharge integration, promoting rational storage allocation and actively exploring vehicle–grid interaction (V2G) applications.