China and Russia aren’t targeting a deal during the visit as the more than 50 percent slump in crude over the past year complicates talks

U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 885, with oil rigs up 2 to 674, gas rigs unchanged at 211, and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 0.

Состоялось закрытие сделки по продаже принадлежащей ПАО «ЛУКОЙЛ» 50% доли участия в Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. китайской компании Sinopec. Необходимые разрешения государственных органов Республики Казахстан были получены в конце июля 2015 года.

Chevron has started to eliminate jobs at its Covington office as part of global layoffs sparked by low oil and gas prices prices. The company has not disclosed how deep the cuts will be.

Russia boosted natural gas supplies to Germany by almost 50% in the second quarter as prices plunged, while the world’s largest natural gas exporter struggled with weaker demand from its former Soviet allies.

Despite all denials coming from the Chinese officials in recent months, China is reportedly planning to build gigantic floating islands in the disputed South China Sea. This unchecked ambition of Chinese leaders will surely tip this already heated-up Asian sub-region into what experts called “land-grabbing tussle”, a situation that might be escalated into civil wars among China and countries like the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia and Indonesia that also lay claim to some parts of these islands.

The Obama administration granted Royal Dutch Shell final clearance on Monday to resume drilling for oil and gas in the environmentally fragile Arctic Ocean for the first time since 2012, a move green groups vowed to fight.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC), the management consulting unit of Schlumberger, a global leader in oilfield services.

Общество группы «Роснефть» подписала с дочерним предприятием Trican Well Service Ltd. рамочный договор и сопутствующие соглашения о приобретении обществом группы «Роснефть» 100% долей ООО «Трайкан Велл Сервис», оказывающего в России услуги по использованию высокотехнологичных систем закачки с целью повышения нефтеотдачи пластов при разработке традиционных запасов нефти и газа.

U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 884, with oil rigs up 2 to 672, gas rigs down 2 to 211, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1.