Iraq is close to signing a $53 billion, 30-year energy agreement with Exxon Mobil and PetroChina,

After nearly two decades of strong annual growth, renewables around the world added as much net capacity in 2018 as they did in 2017, an unexpected flattening of growth trends that raises concerns about meeting long-term climate goals.

Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to sell Anadarko's Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa assets to Total SA for $8.8 billion.

The port, on Australia's east coast and home to the region's three LNG terminals, exported 1.78 million mt of the fuel during the month, up 6% year on year but down 8% from the March high of 1.93 million mt,

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the plan to develop the investment project aimed at building a LNG terminal in Murmansk Region.

After growing by 2.2 percent in 2018, mainland economic activity is expected to accelerate further and rise by about 2.5 percent this year, before growth slows to 2.1 percent in 2020.

The United States produced 1.47 million pounds of uranium concentrate in 2018, down for the fourth consecutive year and the lowest total since 1950,

BHGE - The worldwide rig count for April 2019 was 2,140, down 73 from the 2,213 counted in March 2019, and up 53 from the 2,087 counted in April 2018.

Brent crude oil futures trading at $69.34 per barrel, down $1.51, or 2.1 percent, from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $60.57 per barrel at 0646 GMT on Monday, down $1.37 per barrel, or 2.2 percent, from their last settlement.

The EU has long worked to diversify from relying on Russia for almost 40 percent of its gas needs by developing LNG infrastructure to access other suppliers. Qatar and Australia are other major LNG suppliers.