TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada or the Company) announced net income attributable to common shares for first quarter 2019 of $1.004 billion or $1.09 per share compared to net income of $734 million or $0.83 per share for the same period in 2018.

Brent crude oil futures were at $71.47 per barrel, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 76 cents at $62.84 per barrel.

В рамках ОПЕК+ Россия к концу апреля вышла на уровень сокращения добычи нефти в 229 тбс без учета СРП и 223 тбс с учетом СРП. Об этом рассказал Министр энергетики Российской Федерации Александр Новак.

российская сторона в лице ПАО «Транснефть», Минэнерго России, ОАО «РЖД», нефтяных компаний и иностранных партнеров продолжает плановую реализацию оговоренных мероприятий по выводу нефти с повышенным содержанием хлорорганических соединений из системы магистральных трубопроводов.

Russia is meeting its obligations under the OPEC/non-OPEC crude production agreement, and participants remain committed to the arrangement, despite ongoing uncertainty over world energy market developments.

OPEC is due to meet in June, where the Iran question will no doubt be raised. But oil and gas leaders are taking a cautious approach, with Kuwait's oil minister Khaled Al Fadhel noting that a decision would be taken only after a review of oil prices.

Asked whether Iran’s oil could be removed from the market, Mr. Barkindo said: “No repetition is needed. Eliminating Iran from the oil market is impossible.”

Operators of Belarus, Ukrainian, Hungarian and Slovakian sections of troubled Druzhba network have agreed on technical measures to clean contaminated oil from part of the system and expect normal quality oil from Russia to start entering Belarus and Urkaine in the coming days, Ukrainian pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta said Tuesday.

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.

Nord Stream 2 is already waiting for the DEA to decide on permit applications for two different routes, and claims the request for a third route option is illegal.