Nord Stream 2 has until June 14 to appeal the BNetzA decision.

Producers were operating the fewest oil and natural gas drilling rigs on record in the United States at 339 on May 12, the lowest level in the Baker Hughes Company’s rig count data series that dates back to 1987.

Norway's preliminary production figures for April 2020 show an average daily production of 2 117 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate,

Global gas demand to total close to 3,878 billion cubic meters (Bcm) in 2020, down from 3,951 Bcm last year. In its pre-Covid-19 estimates, this year’s natural gas demand was expected to grow to 4,038 Bcm.

LNG developers have started relooking at their strategies and capex plans for 2020.

Gazprom will not renew a gas transit deal with Poland, which expires in May 2020.

To change the current paradigm, the industry will need to dig deep and tap its proud history of bold structural moves, innovation, and safe and profitable operations in the toughest conditions. The winners will be those that use this crisis to boldly reposition their portfolios and transform their operating models. Companies that don’t will restructure or inevitably atrophy.

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 197,000 b/d month-over-month in May from 8,019 to 7,822 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 779 million cubic feet/day from 82,249 to 81,470 million cubic feet/day .

In November 2019, the German parliament modified the Energy Industry Act to transpose the European Gas Directive that was amended in April 2019.

U.S. dry natural gas production set a record in 2019, averaging 92.2 Bcf/d. EIA forecasts dry natural gas production will average 89.8 Bcf/d in 2020, with monthly production falling from an estimated 93.1 Bcf/d in April to 85.4 Bcf/d in December.