After stalling last year, global capacity additions of renewable power are set to bounce back with double-digit growth in 2019, driven by solar PV’s strong performance,

Total U.S. petroleum demand of 21.5 mb/d was highest for any month since August 2005; Improved infrastructure helped increase supply and lower prices; Highest U.S. petroleum exports (8.1 mb/d) for the month of August; and Total inventories increased year-on-year for the ninth consecutive month.

Real economic growth in the UAE, as estimated by Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, exhibited Y-o-Y growth of 2.2 percent in Q2 -2019, lower than in the previous quarter. The bank expects national economy to grow 2.4 pc in 2019, driven by faster growth in the non-oil sector.

U.S. Rig Count is down 18 rigs from last week to 868, with oil rigs down 14 to 719, gas rigs down 5 to 148, and miscellaneous rigs up 1 to 1. Canada Rig Count is down 15 rigs from last week to 119, with oil rigs down 11 to 82 and gas rigs down 4 to 37.

Brent crude LCOc1 was up 7.7% since last Friday’s close, the biggest weekly rise since January. The front-month November contract was at $64.88 a barrel, up 48 cents, by 1113 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 rose 59 cents to $58.72 a barrel, set to post a gain of over 7% for the week.

Brent crude oil daily average prices were 9% lower in second-quarter 2019 than in second-quarter 2018 and averaged $68 per barrel

China needs to foster new drivers of growth to address productivity challenges, intensify reforms and promote greater innovation in the economy, according to a new report jointly released by China’s Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), China’s Ministry of Finance and the World Bank Group (WBG).

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that U.S. wind capacity additions in both 2019 and in 2020 will be near the annual record level of additions set in 2012.

The U.S. current account deficit, which reflects the combined balances on trade in goods and services and income flows between U.S. residents and residents of other countries, narrowed by $8.0 billion, or 5.9 percent, to $128.2 billion in the second quarter of 2019, according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The revised first quarter deficit was $136.2 billion.

Azerbaijan's economy is continuing to recover from a banking crisis and recession. Real GDP growth reached 1.4 percent in 2018 and 2.4 percent in the first half of 2019, supported by increases in natural gas production and activity in the services sector.

Petronas Profit After Tax (PAT) rose 9.0 per cent to RM28.9 billion, from RM26.6 billion in the corresponding period last year. The improved results were delivered on the back of higher revenue, but the increase was partially offset by higher product costs.

Brent gained $1.44 to $65.04 a barrel, WTI was up 89 cents at $59 a barrel.

The share of U.S. total energy consumption that originated from fossil fuels has fallen from its peak of 94% in 1966 to 80% in 2018. The total amount of fossil fuels consumed in the United States has also fallen from its peak of 86 quads in 2007. Since then, coal consumption decreased by 10 quads and petroleum by 2 quads, more than offsetting a 7 quad increase in natural gas consumption.

Brent were down 75 cents, or 1.16%, at $63.80 a barrel, WTI were down $1.15, or 1.94%, at $58.19.

Министр подчеркнул, что темпы потребления сжиженного природного газа (СПГ) в 3,5 раза выше, чем в целом газа. «К 2035 году мировой спрос на СПГ ещё удвоится и составит около 600 миллионов тонн. Основным «локомотивом» потребления станет Азиатско-Тихоокеанский регион. Китай и Индия совокупно покроют более 50% прироста спроса на СПГ в АТР. В результате, к 2035 году доля СПГ в мировой торговле может вырасти с сегодняшних 35% от общего объёма торговли газом до 51%. Россия уже сегодня уверенный лидер на мировом газовом рынке - как по запасам, так по добыче и экспорту», - сказал Д.Кобылкин.