the Gazprom Group signed a five-year contract to purchase natural gas from Turkmengas (for the period through June 30, 2024).

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) and the co-venturers in Mozambique's Offshore Area 1, announced a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Anadarko-led Area 1 Mozambique LNG project. This official declaration of FID confirms the Area 1 Plan of Development is now effective with notice provided to the Government of Mozambique that all conditions precedent have been fulfilled, and the project can now advance to the construction phase.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is due to purchase crude oil from Iraq next month to process at the SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR) inaugurated in October 2018 in Izmir.

Algeria’s energy minister said on Monday he would seek a “good compromise” when asked about his earlier comments that Algiers would block Total’s plan.

Algeria will block Total from acquiring Anadarko's assets in Algeria, energy minister Mohamed Arkab told reporters on a sidelines of a conference on Sunday.

"We are not getting any oil from Iran now," said the Turkey's official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We were one of the eight countries getting an exception from those sanctions, and now we are ready to abide by them," he said.

Occidental ("Occidental" or "the Company") (NYSE: OXY) ) today entered into a definitive agreement whereby Occidental will acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("Anadarko") (NYSE: APC) for $59.00 in cash and 0.2934 shares of Occidental common stock per share of Anadarko common stock, in a transaction valued at $57 billion, including the assumption of Anadarko's debt.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that, under the terms of its previously announced Merger Agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC), it will not make a counterproposal and will allow the four-day match period to expire. Accordingly, Chevron anticipates that Anadarko will terminate the Merger Agreement.

Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to sell Anadarko's Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa assets to Total SA for $8.8 billion.

Nord Stream 2 is already waiting for the DEA to decide on permit applications for two different routes, and claims the request for a third route option is illegal.