China Coal Transportation and Distribution has signed a US$1.5bn agreement with the Indonesian Coal Mining Association (APBI) to buy 200 Mt of thermal coal in 2021.

The UK Treasury said yesterday it is important to consider large-scale nuclear projects in addition to Hinkley Point C (HPC) if the country is to meet its net-zero by 2050 target.

“The global energy market is changing, humanity needs new, efficient, more environmentally friendly energy sources not as a replacement, but as an alternative to traditional hydrocarbons. And hydrogen will definitely occupy its niche in the energy of the future,” said TPU.

Brent were down 1 cent at $48.60 a barrel . WTI was off by 4 cents at $45.67 a barrel.

"The macroeconomic situation has had a negative impact on the long-term development prospects of the LNG industry," Gazprom said, adding that so far in 2020 only one final investment decision had been made for a new LNG production project.

В отрасли сланцевого газа негативные последствия коснулись прежде всего США, на которые приходится порядка 95% его мировой добычи. Согласно оценкам аналитиков, в ближайшие годы темпы роста добычи сланцевого газа в США могут значительно снизиться.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels to 488.7 million barrels

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.39% while Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.91%.

U.S. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020

The Italian energy group Enel has announced plans to invest €190bn in the 2021-2030 period