“Today’s vote starts us down the path to a new era of energy security, saving consumers billions and creating jobs across the country,” said API President and CEO Jack Gerard. “American producers would be able to compete on a level playing field with countries like Iran and Russia, providing security to our allies and accelerating the energy revolution that has revitalized our economy.

"...in Europe investment signals are unclear. As a result of EU policy and lack of an expressed role of gas in these policies, there is an additional political risk concerning future European gas demand," Norway's Oil and Energy Ministry said in its reply to the European Commission, as a part of wider consultations on the EU's strategy on LNG and gas storage.

Nord Stream II would consist of two lines, doubling the 55-bcm annual capacity of the Nord Stream offshore pipeline which already runs from Vyborg near Russia's border with Finland to Greifswald in Germany.

Crude oil production in November from seven major US shale plays is expected to drop 93,000 b/d to 5.12 million b/d. That’s back up to the same level forecast for September after a somewhat smaller decline was projected for October.

"Considerable uncertainties" surrounded the U.S. economic outlook, particularly the drag on exports from slowing global growth, low investment caused by the decline in oil prices and a “disappointing” recent drop in U.S. job growth.

The oil price collapse over the past 16 months has forced the world’s biggest energy companies to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in future spending to bolster their balance sheets. But Ali al-Naimi — oil minister and architect of the Saudi strategy to maintain output and keep prices low to hobble its rivals — voiced a commitment to press on with investments in exploration, production and refining.

Britain has told Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman he was still welcome to invest in the country even after he was forced to divest gas assets there under pressure from the previous government.

Swiss chemicals giant Ineos has bought its first British North Sea gas fields from Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment fund LetterOne, outlining plans to further expand its energy resources to supports its petrochemical business.

«Роснефть» в составе совместного предприятия Петромиранда (СП с PDVSA и ОАО «Газпром нефть») пробурила на проекте Хунин-6 рекордную горизонтальную скважину GG1-14. Ее уникальной особенностью является малая глубина залегания продуктивного пласта, она составляет всего 1140 футов (около 347 м). Общая длина скважины при этом составляет 6059 футов (около 1847 м).

В третьем квартале 2015 года товарная добыча составила 17,06 млрд куб. м природного газа и 2 346 тыс. тонн жидких углеводородов (газовый конденсат и нефть). По сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2014 года добыча природного газа выросла на 1,86 млрд куб. м или на 12,2%, добыча жидких углеводородов увеличилась на 813 тыс. тонн или на 53,0%.