October 2021

The Company's work in this promising direction will make it possible to strengthen the position of Gazprom in foreign markets and address in a more flexible manner the tasks related to providing reliable gas supplies to domestic consumers.

The Jazan IGCC project will convert vacuum residue to be produced in the adjacent Jazan refinery (400,000 bbl/d) into synthesis gas (syngas).

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.3 million barrels from the previous week to 430.8 million barrels.

Brent dropped $1.07, or 1.3%, to $83.51 a barrel, WTI was down $1.20, or 1.5%, at $81.46.

None of the 40 indicators it assessed are in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of reining in average temperature rise to "well below" 2C, and ideally 1.5C, above preindustrial times.

OPEC+ has been sticking to its script of bringing on 400,000 b/d of crude to the market each month, with the Saudi energy minister suggesting panic buying is causing much of the market tightness.

Chinese energy firms and government researchers expect a significant increase in gas demand for power generation and industrial sectors this winter as a nationwide coal supply crunch and power outtages drive up demand for alternative fuels.

The increase in supply should help alleviate some of the price pressure in the domestic gas market as trucked LNG prices have soared to more than Yuan 7,000/mt ($1,093.82/mt), imported LNG remains over $30/MMBtu in the spot market and wider energy shortages persist amid cold weather.

On Tuesday, Moldova received a million cubic meters of gas from Poland in a move aimed at diversifying its energy supply following years of strong Russian influence over the small European nation of 3.5 million people.

Brent fell $1.13 cents, or 1.3%, to $85.27 a barrel, WTI were down $1.44, or 1.7%, to $83.21 per barrel.