Russia has also benefited this year from oil's price stabilization and a recent deal between major crude producers to curb output has raised expectations of higher prices next year. The central bank has a medium-term oil price forecast of $40 a barrel.

China’s investment is transforming its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors like never before while helping turn Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar into bigger destinations for its exports.

Indonesian companies are interested to join upstream projects in Iran's oil industry in fields like Ab Teymour and Mansouri oilfields, said Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of Indonesia Zulkifli Hasan.

The auction of the deepwater blocks, four in the Perdido Fold belt near the US side of the Gulf and six in the unexplored Salina basin further south, marked the culmination of the first round of auctions since Mexico enacted a sweeping reform to open a sector closed to private exploration and production for nearly 80 years.

С 1 по 30 ноября 2016 года «Газпром» экспортировал в Италию на 36,5% больше газа, чем в ноябре 2015 года. По итогам 11 месяцев 2016 года Италия занимает второе место по объему импорта природного газа из России среди всех зарубежных стран.

Brent crude oil futures LCOc1, the global benchmark used to trade oil, soared to its highest since July 6, 2015 to $55.20 a barrel. It last traded at $55.08 a barrel, up 62 cents, or 1.1 percent, at 0946 GMT. WTI crude oil CLc1 traded up 54 cents, or 1 percent, at $52.22 a barrel.

Особое внимание было уделено взаимодействию в отраслях ТЭК, в частности, в области разведки и добычи нефти и газа на территории Росссийской Федерации, поставок российских энергоресурсов, гидроэнергетики и ВИЭ.

Средняя цена нефти марки Urals по итогам января-ноября 2016 года составила $41,02 за баррель.

U.S. Rig Count is down 140 rigs from last year's count of 737, with oil rigs down 68, gas rigs down 73, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 23 rigs from last year's count of 177, with oil rigs up 23, gas rigs down 2, and miscellaneous rigs up 2.

Front-month Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 45 cents, or 0.8 percent by 0951 GMT (4:51 a.m. ET) from their last settlement at $53.49 per barrel. The contract was up more than 13 percent this week, its biggest gain since March 2009. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 were at $50.68, down 38 cents.