August 2019

India finds a partner in the UAE to achieve its ambitious dream of achieving a $5 trillion economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Emirates News Agency, WAM, in an exclusive interview.

Dubai and China have expressed keenness to enhance cooperation in energy-related areas, especially clean and renewable energy.

Nigeria's oil production hovered around 2.2 million b/d in the first week of August, compared with around 1.92 million b/d a year ago.

Germany imported 20.0% more gas in the first half of 2019 than a year earlier and its import bill rose by 14.8%, official data showed.

David Koch, the industrialist and libertarian who used his fortune to transform American politics while also donating more than $1 billion to philanthropic causes, has died. He was 79.

Moody's has lowered the outlook for the North American coal industry to negative from stable, the rating agency says in a new report.

Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) affirmed the Ba2 corporate family rating of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - PETROBRAS (Petrobras). Simultaneously, Moody's raised the company's baseline credit assessment (BCA) to ba2 from ba3. The actions were triggered by the company's continued success in improving its credit metrics and liquidity position. The rating outlook is stable.

U.S. Rig Count is down 19 rigs from last week to 916, with oil rigs down 16 to 754, gas rigs down 3 to 162, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. U.S. Rig Count is down 19 rigs from last week to 916, with oil rigs down 16 to 754, gas rigs down 3 to 162, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0.

Brent rose 29 cents, or 0.5%, to $60.21 a barrel, WTI were at $55.53 a barrel, up 18 cents, or 0.3%.

members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned almost $711 billion in net oil export revenues in 2018