In November 2019, the German parliament modified the Energy Industry Act to transpose the European Gas Directive that was amended in April 2019.

U.S. dry natural gas production set a record in 2019, averaging 92.2 Bcf/d. EIA forecasts dry natural gas production will average 89.8 Bcf/d in 2020, with monthly production falling from an estimated 93.1 Bcf/d in April to 85.4 Bcf/d in December.

The new China's project for receiving imported liquefied natural gas (LNG)

In 1Q 2020 negative Net income attributable to Rosneft shareholders amounted to RUB 156 bln (USD 2 bln) which was mainly a result of the forex exchange loss (RUB 177 bln) due to RUB depreciation and revaluation of foreign currency financial liabilities as well as a reduction of the operating income (-64.8% QoQ).

ROSNEFT'S AVERAGE DAILY HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO 5.75 MMBOE

U.S. Rig Count is down 35 rigs from last week to 339, Canada Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 23

Shell announced that all conditions for its Final Investment Decision (FID) on a new LNG processing unit at Nigeria LNG (NLNG) have now been met.

Brent crude oil prices will average $34/b in 2020, Brent prices will rise to an average of $48/b in 2021

Supplies to China continue at around 9 million cu m/d through the landmark pipeline -- the first direct link for Russian gas to reach China by pipeline.

The Nord Stream 2 operating company has declined to give any guidance on the schedule for completing the pipeline, saying only that it was "actively looking for solutions" to finish the pipelaying work.

India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011

In 2019, Saudi Aramco produced 13.2 mmboed, including 9.9 mmbpd of crude oil (including blended condensate and excluding the Kingdom of Bahrain’s share of volumes produced from Abu Sa’fah field).

U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 374, Canada Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 26

Gas power is the most economic dispatchable source of electricity in America today.

Russia has prioritised the development of LNG for export and the project may help the country reach its goal of producing 120 to 130 million tonnes of LNG a year in the next decade and raise its share in the global LNG market to up to 20% from around 6% in 2018, based on government data.