Exxon Mobil recently held talks on the sale of a suite of oil and gas fields in Nigeria as the company focuses on new developments in U.S. shale and Guyana, industry and banking sources told Reuters.

Kuwait's growth has resumed, and the current account rebounded thanks to higher oil prices. Hydrocarbon output rose by 1.2 percent in 2018 after contracting a year earlier. Buoyed by a rebound in confidence and government spending, non-oil growth has accelerated to 2.5 percent.

Nigeria’s economy is recovering. Real GDP increased by 1.9 percent in 2018, up from 0.8 percent in 2017, on the back of improvements in manufacturing and services, supported by spillovers from higher oil prices, ongoing convergence in exchange rates and strides to improve the business environment.

Mozambique's real GDP growth decelerated to 3¼ percent in 2018, but it was broader based, with non-mining growth accelerating to 2¾ percent in 2018, from 2 percent in 2017.

«Отношения между Россией и Ираном планомерно развиваются. Мы последовательно проводим курс руководства наших стран на комплексное расширение российско-иранского сотрудничества. Работаем над укреплением нормативно-правовой базы, реализацией ключевых инвестиционных проектов. Успешно взаимодействуем с нашими иранскими друзьями в многостороннем формате, прежде всего в рамках реализации договоренностей ОПЕК+, по линии ФСЭГ», - сказал российский Министр.

МИНФИН РОССИИ - По состоянию на 1 апреля 2019 г. объем ФНБ составил 3 828 248,5 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 59 137,5 млн. долл. США,

A research centre to support China's push for nuclear fusion power has been approved. It will be able to test large superconducting magnets and filters under operational conditions. The Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that having an integrated research facility for key systems of fusion reactors is "one of the major scientific engineering projects" in the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan.

China has begun construction of the main structure of the 2.24-GW hydropower station on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze River. The project is undertaken by China Huadian Corp., with a total investment of about 33.4 billion yuan (about 5 billion US dollars).

«Огромный потенциал сосредоточен в сегменте производства СПГ. Если сегодня доля СПГ составляет в мировой торговле 35%, к 2035 году она будет выше 50% и достигнет 70% к 2040 году.»

Россия стабильно экспортирует в Киргизию нефть и нефтепродукты в объемах, превышающих 1,1 млн тонн в год. По словам Президента России, прямой экономический эффект этих льготных беспошлинных поставок для киргизской экономики достигает порядка $2 млрд.

Saudi Arabia plans to issue 118 billion riyals ($31.5 billion) in debt this year to help finance the national budget deficit, the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO), part of the ministry of finance, said.

Aramco generated earnings before interest, tax and depreciation (EBITDA) of $224 billion in 2018, Fitch said on Monday, surpassing ExxonMobil, the world’s largest listed oil firm.

Saudi Aramco announced the signing of a share purchase agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, in a private transaction for $69.1bn.

The new facility will be used for large scale fabrication of offshore platforms and onshore/offshore modules.

U.S. BEA - The U.S. current-account deficit increased to $134.4 billion (preliminary) in the fourth quarter of 2018 from $126.6 billion (revised) in the third quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The deficit was 2.6 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter, up from 2.5 percent in the third quarter.