Oil and gas investments in Norway are expected to rise by 3.8% next year to 194.6 billion Norwegian crowns ($21.2 billion) before declining in subsequent years, an industry lobby group said on Thursday.

Norway's preliminary production figures for November 2019 show an average daily production of 2 016 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 235 000 barrels per day compared to October.

Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $63 per barrel (b) in November, up $3/b from October. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices will average $61/b in 2020, down from a 2019 average of $64/b. EIA forecasts that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices will average $5.50/b less than Brent prices in 2020. EIA expects crude oil prices will be lower on average in 2020 than in 2019 because of forecast rising global oil inventories, particularly in the first half of next year.

This would make Aramco's listing the world's largest, beating Alibaba's $25bn IPO at $25.6bn.

China on Monday set up a new centrally-administered state-owned enterprise (SOE), the China Oil & Gas Piping Network Corporation.

The worldwide rig count for November 2019 was 2,042, down 81 from the 2,123 counted in October 2019, and down 224 from the 2,266 counted in November 2018.

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 799, Canada Rig Count is up 12 rigs from last week to 138,

Moscow says it does not want a “gas war” with Ukraine like the one in 2009 which led to supply disruptions in many European countries before the current agreement was signed.

"I can confirm the Pioneering Spirit is currently installing the pipeline in Danish waters," the Allseas spokesman said.

Renewable energy sources alone are not capable of fully decarbonising the economy, but they can complement nuclear energy in achieving this goal. The nuclear industry, led by World Nuclear Association, has set the Harmony goal for nuclear energy to provide 25% of global electricity by 2050. This will require trebling nuclear generation from its present level.

«Сегодня историческое событие для России и Китая. „Восточный“ маршрут, „Сила Сибири“ — это глобальный, стратегически значимый и взаимовыгодный проект. Новая орбита сотрудничества двух стран в энергетике с перспективой дальнейшего развития. Чистая энергия сегодня и в будущем, на десятилетия вперед», — сказал Алексей Миллер.

Russia has begun gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, the largest gas project in its history and a symbol of Moscow’s diplomatic pivot towards Beijing at a time of worsening relations with the west.

They believe relentless US oil production growth will slow rapidly next year.

In total, the Saudi government plans to sell 0.5% of Aramco to individual investors and the remainder to domestic institutions and international firms registered in the kingdom, known as qualified foreign investors.

Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, highlighted during his speech at the meeting that the vision of the UAE leadership established a long-term forward-looking vision for the future of energy and oil aiming to enhance the leading and advanced standing of the UAE in the sector. He shed light on the qualitative leap achieved by ADNOC for institutional development and modernization by the adoption of innovation and technology aims to continue to contribute to the achievement of the leadership vision by diversifying sources of income and investment in national talent and business sustainability and shaping the future.