U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 935, with oil rigs up 6 to 770, gas rigs down 4 to 165, and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 0. Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 142, with oil rigs up 7 to 101 and gas rigs down 5 to 41.

Brent was up 52 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.75 a barrel , U.S. crude was up 65 cents, or 1.2%, at $55.12 a barrel

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 июля по 14 августа 2019 года составила $ 61,44109 за баррель

Россия, Азербайджан и Иран заключили соглашение о совместной разработке технико-экономического обоснования (ТЭО) проекта создания энергетического коридора «Север – Юг» (АИР) между энергосистемами Азербайджанской Республики, Исламской Республики Иран и Российской Федерации.

The US is set to impose sanctions on Rosneft if it continues to trade crude oil and fuel with Venezuela's PDVSA in exchange for debt repayments and stakes in joint venture projects in the South American nation,

In H1 2019, the production on the Zohr field amounted to 11.3 bcm of gas, which is 3.6 times more than in the same period last year.

U.S. natural gas production continued to increase in August despite relatively low natural gas spot prices

At 440.5 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are 3% above the 5-year average for this time of year

Industrial production declined 0.2 percent in July. Manufacturing output decreased 0.4 percent last month and has fallen more than 1-1/2 percent since December 2018. In July, mining output fell 1.8 percent, as Hurricane Barry caused a sharp but temporary decline in oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.

Malaysia's central bank data on Friday showed second quarter gross domestic product grew 4.9% year-on-year, beating the 4.8% forecast