“Наши совместные действия продолжают оказывать положительное воздействие на конъюнктуру мирового нефтяного рынка. Совершенно очевидно, что наши адресные выверенные действия на декабрьской встрече позволили избежать перекосов на рынке, значительного превышения предложения над спросом и, как следствие, сокращения котировок, - сказал Министр. - В июне пройдет очередная министерская встреча, на которой мы обсудим ситуацию на рынке, в том числе с учетом ряда факторов неопределенности. В любом случае, считаю, что нужно продолжать кооперацию стран ОПЕК и не-ОПЕК”.

The German Economy Ministry has taken note of the threat of U.S. sanctions being placed on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, adding that Berlin rejected sanctions that have extraterritorial effect.

the meeting participants discussed the ongoing exports of Russian gas to Austria, noting that gas exports to the country continue to grow in 2019 and the pace is accelerating. According to preliminary data, gas supplies went up by 20.5 per cent in January-April 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, while the May 1–20 period of this year showed a 44 per cent increase.

NOVATEK announced that its joint venture Arctic LNG 2 and TechnipFMC signed a contract on engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning of an integrated liquefied natural gas facility with annual liquefaction capacity of 19.8 million tons under the Arctic LNG 2 project. The contract terms provide for the launch of the first train of the project in 2023.

The technology of obtaining energy using biogas is simple and cheap. Of course, it also pollutes the environment, but its main problem is the impossibility of generating energy on an industrial scale. This technology is applicable in agriculture on farms, but it is not possible to power a factory, a city or a village from it.

NPD - Preliminary production figures for April 2019 show an average daily production of 1 729 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 24 000 barrels per day compared to March.

Brent crude futures were down 39 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $71.79 at barrel. WTI crude futures for July delivery were down 59 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $62.54.

Despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030.

Today the world production of heat, mechanical and electrical energy exceeds 50 trillion. kW / h per year or 5.7 billion kWh per hour. At the same time, more than 80% of the production of all types of energy comes from the burning of fossil fuels - hydrocarbon energy.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) and Saudi Aramco announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed a heads of agreement (HOA). The HOA anticipates the negotiation and finalization of a definitive 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale-and-purchase agreement (SPA) for 5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG offtake from Phase 1 of the Port Arthur LNG export project under development.