Alexey Miller pointed out that a number of strategic issues need to be resolved prior to the signing of a new transit contract.

Poland sees Nord Stream 2, which would double Russia’s gas export capacity via the Baltic Sea, as a threat to Europe’s energy security and argues it will strengthen Gazprom’s already dominant position on the market.

Saudi Aramco signed crude oil sales agreements for 2020 with five Chinese customers, increasing total volume by 151,000 barrels per day compared to their 2019 supply contracts.

Saudi Aramco is joining the World Bank Initiative: ‘Zero Routine Flaring by 2030’. Saudi Aramco has a strong focus on flaring reduction, which remained at less than 1% of its total raw gas production in the first half of 2019.

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has signed the contract for nuclear fuel supply to the future power units 3 and 4 of Xudapu NPP with China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation, CNNP Liaoning Nuclear Power and CNNP Suneng Nuclear Power acting as the customers (all the companies are subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation, CNNC).

Saudi Aramco’s vision is to be the world’s pre-eminent integrated energy and chemicals company.

Gazprom has offered to Naftogaz the chance to start over with a clean slate provided all legal disputes were dropped. "There are known cases in international practice when disputes between companies were settled out of court, and we are offering a zero option whereby all court proceedings would cease, all lawsuits would be withdrawn, and we would draw a line under this whole affair," Miller said last month.

9M 2019 Net income jumped by 25% YoY to RUB 550 bln, including a QoQ growth to RUB 225 bln in 3Q 2019

9M 2019 AVERAGE DAILY HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO 5.78 MMBOED, INCREASING BY 0.6% YOY

Let’s see which companies are still undervalued and which ones are out of my radar. Some of them reached their fair value and some other stopped to satisfy my parameters.

Saudi Aramco earned net income of $68.2 billion compared with $83.1 billion for the same period a year ago, it said in a statement posted on its website. The state company’s revenue slipped to $217 billion from $233 billion.

Bankers have told the Saudi government that investors will likely value the company at around $1.5 trillion, somewhat below the $2 trillion valuation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman when he first floated the idea of an IPO nearly four years ago.

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced estimated third quarter 2019 earnings of $3.2 billion, or $0.75 per share assuming dilution. Earnings included a favorable tax-related identified item of about $300 million, or $0.07 per share assuming dilution. Capital and exploration expenditures were $7.7 billion, including key investments in the Permian Basin.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $2.6 billion ($1.36 per share - diluted) for third quarter 2019, compared with $4.0 billion ($2.11 per share - diluted) in the third quarter 2018. Included in the current quarter was a tax charge of $430 million related to a cash repatriation. Foreign currency effects increased earnings in the third quarter 2019 by $74 million.

TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TC Energy or the Company) today announced net income attributable to common shares for third quarter 2019 of $739 million or $0.79 per share compared to net income of $928 million or $1.02 per share for the same period in 2018. Comparable earnings for third quarter 2019 were $970 million or $1.04 per common share compared to $902 million or $1.00 per common share in 2018.