Pradhan said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met with the chief executives of energy firms in Houston, including those from Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell, Rosneft Oil Co, Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc).

Rosneft already supplies crude to India, shipping to its subsidiary Nayara Energy which operates the 20 million mt/year Vadinar refinery in Gujarat.

The timeline for work to lay the section of pipeline in Danish waters will be key to when Nord Stream 2 is able to begin flowing gas, with wider implications for the European gas market -- including whether Russia's Gazprom agrees a new transit deal with Ukraine's Naftogaz.

ACWA Power and Saudi Aramco signed a deal with Bangladesh Power Development Board to develop a 3,600-megawatt LNG-based power plant and terminal in the country.

ExxonMobil has invested around US$6.5 billion in Upper Zakum oilfield since its involvement in the offshore field in 2006, according to Christian G. Lenoble, President and UAE Lead Country Manager of Exxon (Al-Khalij) Inc.

EDF said total output since the start of the year stood at 317.3 TWh, down 1.3% compared with the same period a year ago.

За девять месяцев 2019 года среднесуточная добыча углеводородов Группой «ЛУКОЙЛ» без учета проекта Западная Курна-2 составила 2 337 тыс. барр. н. э./сут, что на 1,6% больше по сравнению с девятью месяцами 2018 года.

Brent was down 69 cents, or 1.1%, at $61.82, WTI was 63 cents, or 1.1%, lower at $56.61 a barrel

«Наш торговый оборот за январь-август 2019 года достиг $1,47 млрд, что превышает показатели аналогичного периода 2018 года на 25,8%. Считаем, что необходимо и далее продолжать интенсивное взаимодействие, нацеленное на укрепление двустороннего сотрудничества между нашими странами», - подчеркнул глава Минэнерго России.

Poland's antitrust authority, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), said Friday it had imposed a fine on France's Engie of Zloty 172 million ($44.5 million) for its failure to provide the watchdog with documents regarding its agreements with Gazprom aboutfinancing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.