In 2019, profit attributable to PJSC LUKOIL shareholders amounted to RUB 640.2 bln, 3.4% higher year-on-year. The growth was constrained by higher depreciation and lower non-cash foreign exchange gain.

The UK should be running on 50% renewable energy by 2030 to set it on a cost-effective path to the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded contracts to BWX Technologies Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy LLC to each begin design work on a mobile nuclear reactor prototype. The engineering design phase of the project will last up to two years, after which one of the three teams may be selected to build and demonstrate a prototype reactor.

Brent were up $1.44, or around 4%, to $35.80 a barrel, after hitting a session high of $37.38 a barrel. WTI gained $1.52, or around 5%, to $32.65 a barrel, after hitting a high of $33.73.

«Российская нефтяная отрасль обладает качественной ресурсной базой и достаточным запасом финансовой прочности, чтобы оставаться конкурентоспособной при любом прогнозируемом уровне цен, а также сохранять свою долю на рынке. При этом Правительство будет уделять особое внимание стабильному снабжению отечественного рынка нефтепродуктами и сохранению инвестиционного потенциала в секторе», – сообщил Министр энергетики.

По состоянию на 1 марта 2020 года объем ликвидных средств ФНБ и средств на счете по учету дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов составил более 10,1 трлн рублей (150,1 млдр долларов США) или 9,2% ВВП.

On Friday, Russia refused to sign a deal with OPEC and its non-OPEC allies on additional production cuts for the rest of 2020 to counter the fall in demand caused by the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Saudi Arabia has said it could raise production to 12 million barrels per day,

On Monday, Aramco shares opened trading at Riyals 27 ($7.19) before rising modestly to close at Riyals 28.35. That is 11.4% below its IPO price, prompting the company's valuation to slide to about $1.5 trillion from $1.7 trillion in December, in the wake of Friday's failure by OPEC and Russia to reach a deal on oil production cuts.

the U.S. unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5 percent