Strong financial results – Underlying replacement cost profit for the second quarter of 2019 was $2.8 billion, similar to a year earlier. The quarter’s result largely reflected continued good operating performance, offset by oil prices lower than in the second quarter of 2018. – Non-operating items in the second quarter of $0.9 billion, post-tax, related mainly to impairment charges. – Operating cash flow, excluding Gulf of Mexico oil spill payments, was $8.2 billion for the second quarter, including a $1.5-billion working capital release (after adjusting for net inventory holding gains), and $14.2 billion for the first half, including a $0.5-billion working capital release. – Gulf of Mexico oil spill payments of $1.4 billion on a post-tax basis in the second quarter were primarily the scheduled annual payments. – A dividend of 10.25 cents a share was announced for the quarter.

Eni adjusted net profit: €0.56 billion for the quarter, down by 27% q-o-q (down by 24% excluding IFRS 16 accounting effects). €1.55 billion in the first half, down by 11% (down by 8% excluding IFRS 16 accounting effects).

Equinor reports adjusted earnings of USD 3.15 billion and USD 1.13 billion after tax in the second quarter of 2019. IFRS net operating income was USD 3.52 billion and the IFRS net income was USD 1.48 billion.

Mubadala Petroleum has signed an agreement with Premier Oil to farmout a 20% participating interest in each of the Andaman I and South Andaman Gross Split Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs), in which Mubadala Petroleum is the operator.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) today reported second quarter 2019 revenues of $2.13 billion, an increase of 10 percent compared to the first quarter of 2019 and an increase of one percent from the second quarter of 2018.

U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs from last week to 946, with oil rigs down 3 to 776, gas rigs down 5 to 169, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1. Canada Rig Count is up 9 rigs from last week to 127, with oil rigs up 2 to 85 and gas rigs up 7 to 42.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 74 cents, or 1.2%, at $63.92 a barrel by 10:59 a.m. (1459 GMT), after hitting a session high of $64.23. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was up 67 cents, or 1.2%, at $56.55 a barrel, after hitting a session high of $56.99.

Global growth is sluggish and precarious, but it does not have to be this way because some of this is self-inflicted. Dynamism in the global economy is being weighed down by prolonged policy uncertainty as trade tensions remain heightened despite the recent US-China trade truce, technology tensions have erupted threatening global technology supply chains, and the prospects of a no-deal Brexit have increased.

The construction of the LNG terminals in Germany represents a considerable investment. The FSRU for instance, the cheapest facility, will require about €400 million ($500 million) to build.

At 445 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are 2% above the 5-year average for this time of year,

The UK obtained 19% of its primary energy from low-carbon sources last year, with 39% of this from nuclear power, but this was 7% lower than in 2017 due to outages at Dungeness B and Hunterston B towards the end of 2018, official statistics published today show. Nuclear capacity was broadly the same as in 2017, at 9.3 GW.

Profit attributable to shareholders of PAO NOVATEK increased to RR 69.2 billion (RR 22.97 per share), or by 115.9%, in the second quarter of 2019 and to RR 451.0 billion (RR 149.73 per share), or six-fold, in the first half of 2019 as compared to the corresponding periods in 2018.

The Suez Canal and the SUMED Pipeline are strategic routes for Persian Gulf crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe and North America.

France's GDP growth is expected to stay moderate in the near term, reaching 1.3 percent this year and 1.4 percent in 2020, after slowing last year on the back of decelerating global growth and reduced slack.

Brazil's GDP growth is projected at 0.8 percent in 2019 and to accelerate in 2020 conditional on the approval of a robust pension reform and favorable financial conditions. The current budget is guided by the federal expenditure ceiling, entailing a minor reduction of the structural primary balance in 2019.