China plans to increase the share of renewables (including hydro) in the power mix to 28.2% in 2020.

Amid a drop in demand and oil prices, in the first quarter the value of Saudi Arabia’s oil exports plunged by 21.9% year on year to $40 billion, corresponding to a decline of about $11 billion,

Brent slipped 47 cents, or 1.1%, to $42.16 a barrel, WTI fell 59 cents, or 1.5%, to $39.78 a barrel.

Brent rose 49 cents, or 1.1%, to $43.57 a barrel, WTI was up 48 cents, or 1.2%, at $41.21 a barrel

Brent rose 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $42.29 a barrel, WTI was at $39.87 a barrel, up 4 cents, or 0.1%.

The slide in crude prices and recovery in economic activity late March had encouraged Chinese buyers to pile their shopping carts with all kinds of cheap crude,

U.S. Rig Count is down 13 rigs from last week to 266, Canada Rig Count is down 4 rigs from last week to 17

Brent rose 61 cents, or 1.5%, to $42.12 a barrel, WTI climbed 60 cents, or 1.5%, to $39.44 a barrel.

Brent were up 2 cents at $40.73 a barrel, WTI dropped 14 cents to $37.82 a barrel.

World oil demand is projected to decrease by 9.1 mb/d in 2020, unchanged from the previous month’s assessment. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected global economic activities, eliminating global oil demand growth potential and leading to a y-o-y decline of 6.4 mb/d in 1Q20 and by 17.3 mb/d y-o-y in 2Q20.