Each of ASEAN’s 10 members have set targets for renewable energy, and technological innovations such as better solar power efficiency and floating solar panels means that renewable energy is now more accessible than ever before.

"This agreement extends Qatar's long standing LNG supply relationship with Kuwait well into the 2030's and highlights our commitment to meeting Kuwait's LNG requirements," Saad al-Kaabi, minister of state for energy affairs and the CEO of Qatar Petroleum, said in a statement

Germany's economy is aiming for renewables to provide 65% of its power mix by 2030.

Foreign direct investments (FDI) into Oman jumped to $30.26bn (RO11.65bn) in Q2 2019, up 13.3% from the same period in 2018, when it got $26.7bn (RO10.29bn) in FDI, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information. Investment into manufacturing reached $4.15bn (RO1.6bn) in Q2 2019,

As the nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 330,222,422 on Jan. 1, 2020. This represents an increase of 1,991,085, or 0.61%, from New Year’s Day 2019. Since Census Day (April 1) 2010, the population has grown by 21,476,884 or 6.96%.

U.S. Rig Count is down 9 rigs from last week to 796, Canada Rig Count is down 14 rigs from last week to 85

Brent were at $68.36 a barrel, up 20 cents, or 0.3%, WTI edged up 5 cents to $61.77 a barrel.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, growth in Turkey became increasingly dependent on externally-funded credit and demand stimulus, and, as a result, Turkey’s economy began running above potential with a large current account deficit and high inflation.

U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs from last week to 805, Canada Rig Count is down 50 rigs from last week to 99

Brent were up 6 cents, or 0.1%, at $67.98 a barrel, WTI was up 11 cents, or 0.2%, at $61.79 a barrel.

“It really is a great irony that at a time when the United States became the world’s biggest producer and has become a great exporter, that investors have become skeptical and have adopted a position of ‘show me the money,’”

Brent settled up 81 cents, or 1.22%, at $67.20 a barrel, WTI settled up 59 cents, or 0.97%, at $61.11 a barrel.

Gazprom is showing that the strategy chosen for 2020 -- and potentially over the longer term -- is to defend its market share in Europe by flooding the Continent with cheap gas, send alternative sources of supply, in particular LNG, out of the money, traders told

Spending an estimated Eur66 billion on the three projects, Gazprom clearly saw money as being no object to achieving its goals -- be they economic, geopolitical or both.

This was supposed to be a breakout year for US LNG export projects getting commercially sanctioned. But with 2019 wrapping up, just two new export terminals and an additional train at an existing facility made it over the line to construction.