EIA forecasts Brent crude oil prices will average $43/b in 2020, down from an average of $64/b in 2019. For 2020, EIA expects prices will average $37/b during the second quarter and then rise to $42/b during the second half of the year. EIA forecasts that average Brent prices will rise to an average of $55/b in 2021, as declining global oil inventories put upward pressure on prices.

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China’s coal consumption and total energy consumption increased by 1% and 3.3%, respectively, in 2019.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement that 21 to 28 coal-fired power plants would be closed from March 1 to March 31 in an effort to reduce emissions of fine dust.

China's capacity resumption rate for all coal firms has reached 76.5%.

Russia's Sibanthracite group aims to boost the annual export capacity of Russian coals to 100 million mt with newly launched infrastructure project to build the second tunnel on Baikal Amur Mainline railway.

EIA now expects global petroleum and liquid fuels demand will rise by 1.0 million b/d in 2020, which is lower than the forecast increase in the January STEO of 1.3 million b/d in 2020, and by 1.5 million b/d in 2021.

At the urging of China’s energy regulator, coal producers accelerated output resumption. About two-thirds of national capacity restarted as of Thursday.

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EIA forecasts Brent prices will average $61/b in 2020; with prices averaging $58/b during the first half of the year and $64/b during the second half of the year. EIA forecasts the average Brent prices will rise to an average of $68/b in 2021.

U.S. coal and nuclear power plants will collectively provide more than 25% of electricity generation through 2050.

The coal power industry acknowledges that to play a stable role in future power markets, it needs to modernize, and perhaps even overhaul its long-held status as a “conventional generator

India’s coal import increased by 7.6 per cent to 185.88 million tonnes (MT) in the April-December period of the current fiscal.

«Мы имеем прочные экономические связи и многолетние договоренности в части поставок и транзита угля, газа, нефти и нефтепродуктов, а также передачи электроэнергии. Электроэнергетические системы наших стран работают в синхронном режиме, что существенно повышает их надежность и экономические показатели ”, - сказал глава Минэнерго России.

«Если говорить об общих задачах, в этом году мы должны принять Стратегию развития энергетики до 2035 года. Также ставим перед собой задачу принятия стратегий и схем развития газовой, нефтяной отраслей и программу развития угольной отрасли до 2035 года – эти документы у нас на повестке дня», – сообщил Министр.