An oasis of calm in a hot region, the UAE is at once a critical geo-market and the ideal gateway to the most important oil and gas region in the world.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading at $50.81 per barrel at 0011 GMT, up 52 cents, or 1 percent, from their last settlement. International Brent crude futures were at $52.14 a barrel, up 46 cents, or 0.9 percent.

"We can operate in the $50 range, we have to," he said, adding that the business needs to be resilient to price cycles, can adapt and is agile.

"I don't necessarily have the view that we are setting ourselves up for a big crunch within the next 3, 4, 5 years," CEO Rex Tillerson told the Oil & Money conference.

Pursuant to the adjusted Investment Program for 2016, the overall amount of investments will stand at RUB 853.01 billion, up RUB 11.011 billion versus the Investment Program approved in December 2015. Accordingly, the amount of long-term financial investments will equal RUB 173.159 billion, with RUB 10.399 billion intended for the acquisition of non-current assets.

Brent crude LCOc1 was at $51.91 per barrel at 0655 GMT, up 39 cents, or 0.76 percent from the previous close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 was up 40 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $50.34 a barrel.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 сентября по 14 октября 2016 года составила $45,72705 за баррель, или $333,8 за тонну. Согласно расчетам Минфина России экспортная пошлина на нефть в РФ с 1 ноября 2016 года повысится незначительно (на $0,8) и составит $92,7 за тонну.

РОССТАТ сообщает, добыча нефти в России в январе - сентябре 2016 г. составила 409 млн. тонн и выросла на 2,4% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года.

Director of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) International Affairs has announced that 62 percent of the Iranian oil is being exported to the Asian countries and the rest to the European states.

Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid-Reza Araqi says Iran is not rival to Russia in European gas market.