Prices for benchmark premium Australian coal out of Newcastle hit their weakest since September 2016 last week at $70.78 per ton and are likely to fall further given a slowing global economy.

Brent crude was down 20 cents, or 0.31%, at $64.25 a barrel by 0630 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 16 cents, or 0.28%, at $56.90 a barrel.

Brent crude was up $2.06 at $63.88 a barrel , U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.33 to $56.09.

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil production approached a four-year low, averaging an estimated 9.9 million barrels per day (b/d). Production declined more than 1 million b/d since its estimated all-time high production levels in October and November 2018

Brent crude futures were up 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $62.34 a barrel by 0644 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 20 cents, or 0.4%, to $54.10 a barrel.

Brent crude futures were trading 18 cents down at $60.76 a barrel by 1203 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 3 cents to $51.90.

OPEC and 10 non-OPEC partners, led by Russia, agreed in December to cut a combined 1.2 million b/d of production in the first half of 2019.

МИНФИН РОССИИ - Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 мая по 14 июня 2019 года составила $66,66068 за баррель, или $486,6 за тонну. Согласно расчетам Минфина России экспортная пошлина на нефть в РФ с 1 июля 2019 года понизится на $10,1 и составит $100,3 за тонну.

Brent futures fell 25 cents, or 0.4%, to $61.76 a barrel by 0750 GMT, having gained 1.1% on Friday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 22 cents, or 0.4%, at $52.29, having firmed by 0.4% in the previous session.

Новые, строящиеся направления поставок, такие как «Северный поток-2», по мнению Александра Новака, будут востребованы. Какие-либо риски для этих проектов отсутствуют, подчеркнул глава Минэнерго России.

В интервью «Nikkei» Министр энергетики Александр Новак сообщил, что к 2035 году производство СПГ в России увеличится почти в 5 раз и «достигнет около 20% доли в мировом производстве». Отметил, что до 70% СПГ будет экспортироваться на азиатско-тихоокеанский рынок и подчеркнул намерение укреплять сотрудничество с Японией в области СПГ.

"Today about 18 million barrels of oil on a daily basis flows through this choke point coming from Saudi Arabia, emirates and other countries to China, Japan, India and other Asian customers." "But at the same time it is a major route for LNG, liquefied natural gas. About 30% of LNG goes through this strait, coming again to Japan, South Korea, and other Asian countries."

Brent crude futures were up 23 cents, or 0.4%, at $61.54 a barrel by 0638 GMT, having settled up 2.2% on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 1 cent at $52.27 a barrel, after earlier rising. WTI also closed up 2.2% in the previous session, but is on course for a weekly decline of 3.2%.

Brent crude futures were up $1.91, or 3.18%, at $61.88 a barrel by 1039 GMT, having risen as much as 4.45% to $62.64. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up $1.42, or 2.78%, at $52.56 a barrel. WTI earlier rose as much as 3.85% to $53.11.

In all, OPEC's 14 members pumped 30.09 million b/d in May, a 170,000 b/d fall from April and the lowest since February 2015, before Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo joined and Qatar was still a member,