Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) announces that it has signed a $10 billion revolving credit facility. The new facility replaces Shell’s existing $8.84 billion revolving credit facility and is provided by a syndicate of 25 banks.

Weatherford International plc announced that it has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from chapter 11 protection.

U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 799, Canada Rig Count is up 15 rigs from last week to 153,

Brent climbed 47 cents, or 0.7%, to $64.67 a barrel, WTI was up 34 cents, or 0.6%, to $59.52 a barrel,

“Наиболее активно энергетическое взаимодействие России и Вьетнама традиционно развивается в нефтегазовой, электроэнергетической сферах и, в особенности, в угольном сегменте - экспорт угля из России во Вьетнам за прошедшие 9 месяцев 2019 года увеличился сразу на 172%, до 4,52 млн тонн. В то же время поставки нефтепродуктов выросли на более, чем 35% до 87,5 тыс тонн”, - сказал Александр Новак.

The 764-mile Nord Stream 2 will deliver Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea and is expected to double the capacity of the gas corridor to 110 Bcm/year.

Gazprom's overall amount of investments for 2020: RUB 1,104.7 billion. Gazprom's borrowings for 2020: RUB 557.8 billion. Final investment program and budget to be approved by Gazprom Board of Directors.

The meeting participants pointed out that the events of 2019 had no tangible impact on the long-term outlook for the global energy market. Gazprom's positions will remain stable in the long run thanks to, inter alia, enormous gas reserves, well-developed production and transmission infrastructure, and the ongoing effort to diversify export areas and routes.

Gas consumption this year is seen exceeding 300 bcm, up 9% from 2018, Jiang Xuefeng, vice chairman at CNPC’s Economics and Technology Research Institute (ETRI), said at a briefing in Beijing on Thursday.

The Islamic Republic has rejected negotiating a new deal with the Trump administration, saying talks are only possible if Washington returns to the nuclear pact and lifts sanctions.