Iraq is selling around 70% of its crude exports to Asia,

Pakistan has long-term contracts for the import of eight LNG cargoes per month on a take-or-pay basis, and out of these five are from Qatar, a government spokesman said, adding that the Qatari volumes had been reduced to three cargoes for April through mutual discussion, without invoking any force majeure.

Kuwait's nonoil growth strengthened to estimated 3 percent in 2019, propelled by government and consumer spending.

Financing of RusHydro’s investment program for 2020-2025 amounts to RUB 634.04 bn, out of which RUB 430.4 bn is allocated for projects in the Far East. The investment program is balanced from the point of view of financing sources.

Brent was down 5.8%, or $1.45, to $23.48 a barrel, WTI fell as far as $19.92, near an 18-year low hit earlier this month, and was last trading down 3.8%, or $0.82, at $20.69 a barrel.

A group of six U.S. senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week saying Saudi Arabia and Russia “have embarked upon economic warfare against the United States” and were threatening U.S. “energy dominance”.

Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Russian counterpart Alexander Novak have not held any discussions about a joint agreement to balance oil markets, indicating no resolution to the price war.

Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa region will lose $192 billion in crude income in 2020

Sovereign wealth funds from oil-producing countries mainly in the Middle East and Africa are on course to dump up to $225 billion in equities,

gas prices in Europe and Asia have collapsed to record lows, while the U.S. Henry Hub benchmark tumbled to its lowest since 1995.