EU Commission spokesperson says they are having high level contacts with the US administration on the ongoing situation of the oil market

The sequencing in past episodes of this kind has typically run from spokesperson-level confirmation of talks, through public statements from senior officials, to either concrete coordinated measures or a quiet fade if producer diplomacy yields supply. The distinction that matters for crude pricing is whether the contacts concern a supply shock the two sides can actually address jointly, such as reserve releases which have in the past been pre-announced and front-run, or merely a shared expression of concern, which tends to cap speculative length only briefly. Track record on both sides is that coordinated consumer action has been signalled well in advance, so the tell is escalation in the seniority of the named officials and any reference to the IEA or producer governments. Worth noting is that the Commission speaks for the bloc on trade and sanctions but not on member-state strategic stocks, which limits what Brussels alone can deliver.