Poland is seeking a foreign investor for a 49% stake in the company that will be responsible for building and operating six reactors, Piotr Naimski, a top government official in charge of strategic energy infrastructure, said

The total investment for the two new units will reach 39.45 billion yuan ($5.64 billion), and they are scheduled to go into operation in 2025 and 2026.

Philippines growth is projected at 5.7 percent in 2019, unchanged from the October 2019 World Economic Outlook, and to strengthen to 6.3 percent in 2020, underpinned by an increase in government spending and the recent monetary policy easing. The medium-term economic outlook remains favorable, especially if the strong structural reform momentum continues.

If the key reforms move forward expeditiously, Ukraine's economic growth is projected at 3.6 percent in 2019, 3.7 percent in 2020, and 4.2 percent in 2021.

Turkmenistan's economic growth continues to be driven by both the hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon sectors. External balances remain in surplus, buoyed by exchange controls in line with import substitution and export promotion objectives.

Kazakhstan's GDP grew by 4.3 percent in the first three quarters of 2019

Mozambique's GDP growth is projected to reach 5½ percent in 2020

ConocoPhillips has been one of the better-performing energy stocks, having dropped 8% this year, compared with a key industry index, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP.P), which has sunk about 22%.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been seeking a valuation for the world's biggest oil and gas company of $2 trillion. Saudi Arabia's government currently owns all of Saudi Aramco's 200 billion shares outstanding.

Brent was down 43 cents at $61.85 a barrel , WTI slipped 22 cents to $56.55 a barrel.

"We are highly confident that the actions we already have in progress will allow us to exceed the upper end of our original $10 to $15 billion divestiture goal by the middle of 2020," said President and Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub. "Closing the Midland Basin Joint Venture and completing the sale of additional non-core assets are the latest examples of Occidental’s progress towards further strengthening our balance sheet."

Gazprom Neft’s revenue in the nine months of 2019 grew by 2.4 percent year-on-year to RUB1.871 trillion

Borrowing by businesses is historically high relative to gross domestic product (GDP), with the most rapid increases in debt concentrated among the riskiest firms amid weak credit standards By contrast, household borrowing remains at a modest level relative to income, and the amount of debt owed by borrowers with credit scores below prime has remained flat

There’s a need for all stakeholders to be engaged in the conversation about how we transition to smarter, cleaner, and safer mobility systems. The investment and infrastructure to support electric mobility will vary significantly from one place to another, thus any approach needs to be market specific.

U.S. Industrial production fell 0.8 percent in October after declining 0.3 percent in September. Manufacturing production decreased 0.6 percent in October.