“We have been producing oil and gas in Norway for nearly 50 years and we are still not halfway done. Vast volumes of oil and gas have been discovered on the Norwegian shelf that are still waiting to be produced. We want companies with the ability and willingness to utilise new knowledge and advanced technology. This will yield profitable production for many decades in the future,” says Ingrid Sølvberg, Director of development and operations in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

U.S. - The Trump administration imposed new sanctions prohibiting trading new debt and equity issued by the Venezuelan government and state oil company PDVSA.

NYMEX September gas futures climbed 6.9 cents to $2.962/MMBtu as Monday's eclipse was projected to boost natural gas demand.

«Мы видим наших турецких коллег в качестве надежных и долгосрочных партнеров. История экспорта российского газа в Турцию начинается с 1987 года. Помимо поставок газа с 1998 года компания ЛУКОЙЛ представлена в Турции сетью АЗС численностью порядка 600 единиц, также в республике работают компании «Роснефть» и «Татнефть». Россия является не только крупнейшим поставщиком газа в Турцию, но также обеспечивает примерно 19% потребностей Турции в нефти», - сообщил Александр Новак.

Rosneft Successfully Closes Strategic Deal for the Acquisition of 49% of Essar Oil Limited

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd joint venture has started production at Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2, a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.

Preliminary production figures for July 2017 show an average daily production of 2 000 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 93 000 barrels per day compared to June.

French oil company Total agreed Monday to buy Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk's oil business for $7.45 billion, in a deal that will strengthen its position in the North Sea.

API President and CEO Jack Gerard called President Trump’s executive order to streamline energy infrastructure an important step in speeding up projects, creating jobs, and improving government efficiencies in delivering energy Americans demand.

Crude oil production from the seven major U.S. onshore producing regions is forecast to increase 117,000 b/d month-over-month in September to 6.149 million b/d.

Iran, Russia and Turkey signed agreement on maintaining trilateral cooperation in developing oil and gas fields.

The U.S. will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017. The United States has been a net exporter for three of the past four months and is expected to continue to export more natural gas than it imports for the rest of 2017 and throughout 2018. The United States’ status as a net exporter is expected to continue past 2018 because of growing U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico, declining pipeline imports from Canada, and increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Председатель Правительства РФ Дмитрий Медведев подписал подготовленное Минэкономразвития России распоряжение о выдвижении кандидатов в совет директоров и ревизионную комиссию публичного акционерного общества «Нефтяная компания «Роснефть».

Говоря о нефтеперерабатывающей отрасли, глава энергетического ведомства отметил, что к 2035 г. планируется увеличить нефтепереработку на Дальнем Востоке почти в 3,5 раза, до 39,0 млн т., также оказывается поддержка строительства Восточного нефтехимического комплекса мощностью 30,8 млн т в год. Проект предусматривает строительство нефтеперерабатывающего и нефтехимического комплекса и поставку нефтепродуктов и продукции нефтехимии в ДФО и страны АТР.

“It represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States. We hope there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues so that these sanctions will no longer be necessary.”