2020

"Natural gas can make a vital contribution to economic recovery in Germany and Europe – without compromising climate protection targets," Wintershall Dea board member Thilo Wieland said June 29.

This is a record high monthly volume from the US, and made it the largest LPG supplier to China in May. It eclipsed the previous record high monthly import from the US of 475,092 mt in December 2017, historical customs data showed.

Nuclear is the second-largest low-carbon power source in the world today, after hydropower,

Shell, the world’s largest fuel retailer, said it expected a 40% drop in sales in the second quarter from a year earlier to about 4 million barrels per day (bpd), although that is more than its earlier prediction of a drop to 3.5 million bpd.

Brent fell 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $40.98 a barrel, WTI was up 7 cents, or 0.2%, at $38.56.

Global output is projected to decline by 4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below our April forecast, followed by a partial recovery, with growth at 5.4 percent in 2021.

European stocks opened slightly lower, after Asian shares ended deep in the red playing catch up with Wall Street’s ugly close on Friday as some U.S. states reconsidered their reopening plans.

This shows that the agencies consider Gazprom's creditworthiness to be excellent even amid the instability at energy markets.

At the end of December 2019, the global operating nuclear power capacity was 392.1 GW(e), comprising 443 operational nuclear power reactors in 30 countries.

The European Union cannot afford to reduce its energy diversity