GAZPROM - During the meeting, the parties discussed current issues and cooperation prospects, focusing on, among other things, Russian gas exports to Germany.

GAZPROM - October 4 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, signed at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum a Memorandum on Strategic Cooperation.

GAZPROM - Attention was also paid to the Nord Stream 2 project. Alexey Miller and Pekka Lundmark discussed the ongoing construction of the gas pipeline, stressing the project’s importance and timeliness in terms of the stability of gas supplies to European consumers in the long term.

OGJ - State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. has let a contract for combined subsea work on its KG-DWN-98/2 (“Cluster-2”) deepwater development off eastern India to a consortium of Baker Hughes, a GE company, McDermott International Inc., and L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - «Устойчивое, поступательное развитие энергетики – это ключевое условие динамичного роста глобальной экономики, улучшения качества жизни людей, повышения благосостояния всех людей на нашей планете. Россия открыта для сотрудничества в области энергетики в интересах глобальной энергетической безопасности, в интересах будущих поколений. И мы, конечно, рассчитываем на активный диалог по всем этим темам и на сотрудничество», - заключил Владимир Путин.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - По словам Александра Новака, при участии российских нефтяных компаний в Ираке идет разработка одного из крупнейших месторождений в мире «Западная Курна – 2», его запасы составляют порядка 13 млрд баррелей. Также укреплению диалога на энергетическом направлении способствует взаимодействие по линии ОПЕК.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - Александр Новак отметил, что двустороннее сотрудничество в сфере энергетики между Россией и Венгрией развивается в позитивном ключе. Работа ведется по основным отраслям ТЭК – газовой и нефтяной, а также в сфере атомной промышленности.

ГАЗПРОМ - 3 октября в Санкт-Петербурге Председатель Правления ПАО «Газпром» Алексей Миллер и Председатель Правления OMV AG Райнер Зеле подписали Основополагающее соглашение о продаже активов.

GAZPROM - The parties pointed to the high efficiency of the bilateral cooperation in the gas industry, emphasizing, inter alia, the reliability of gas supplies, the amount of which had increased by 41 per cent from 2014 to 2017. In the first nine months of 2018, Gazprom had exported 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Serbia, a 2.9 per cent rise against the same period of 2017.

NOVATEK - According to the Agreement, the Parties intend to strengthen and develop the strategic partnership and cooperation in integrated gas-to-power projects on a “turn-key” basis inclusive of LNG supply, downstream and power generation, large-, mid- and small-scale LNG liquefaction plants and other topics of mutual interest.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - «Наши компании готовы продолжить обсуждение возможностей взаимовыгодной кооперации. Считаю, что регулярная «сверка часов» отвечает интересам продвижения двустороннего сотрудничества», - сказал Александр Новак.

U.S. EIA - From January through June of 2018, net natural gas exports from the United States averaged 0.87 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), more than double the average daily net exports during all of 2017 (0.34 Bcf/d). The United States, which became a net natural gas exporter on an annual basis in 2017 for the first time in almost 60 years, has continued to export more natural gas than it imports for five of the first six months in 2018.

REUTERS - The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is important to secure German energy supplies and Russia is a safe and reliable provider, Thomas Bareiss, Germany’s state secretary for energy, said.

IMF - The UAE economy has been adapting well to a prolonged decline in oil prices since 2014. A gradual recovery in non-oil activity is under way. With oil production and government spending set to rise, overall growth is projected to strengthen to 2.9 percent this year and 3.7 percent next year. Inflation is projected at 3.5 percent this year owing to the introduction of the value-added tax and should ease afterwards. The fiscal deficit is expected to remain stable at about 1.6 percent of GDP this year and turn to a surplus next year. The current account surplus will exceed 7 percent of GDP this year.

REUTERS - Australia’s government expects the nation’s resource and energy exports to hit a record of A$252 billion ($182 billion) in 2018-2019, buoyed by climbing prices for commodities such as natural gas and by a weaker Australian dollar.