Brent fell 36 cents to $55.70 a barrel. WTI dropped 26 cents to $52.65.

China total oil imports over 2020 were up 7% year on year at 10.86 million b/d

The combination of a severe cold snap in Asia, supply outages and maritime congestion has propelled spot prices for LNG to previously unforeseen heights. The North Asian price benchmark has now risen 18-fold in less than nine months, outperforming other commodities

Electricity consumption in the Unified Energy System (UES) of Russia decreased by 2.4% in 2020.

По состоянию на 1 января 2021 г. объем ФНБ составил 13 545 663,0 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 183 357,5 млн. долл. США.

Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета, связанный с превышением фактически сложившейся цены на нефть над базовым уровнем, прогнозируется в январе 2021 года в размере +73,5 млрд руб.

Pioneer Natural Resources has completed the acquisition of Parsley Energy following stockholder approvals.

The US clean energy industry has haemorrhaged over 400,000 jobs since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic,

It is the policy of the United States to promote advanced reactor technologies, including small modular reactors, to support defense installation energy flexibility and energy security, and for use in space exploration,

Located at the heart of Total's La Mède biorefinery and powered by solar farms with a total capacity of more than 100 MW, the 40 MW electrolyser will produce 5 tonnes of green hydrogen per day to meet the needs of the biofuel production process at Total's La Mède biorefinery, avoiding 15,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

In December 2020, ROSATOM commissioned the largest wind farm in Russia.

Brent was up 36 cents, or 0.6%, at $56.94 a barrel. WTI was up 34 cents, or 0.6%, at $53.55 a barrel.

Brent crude oil spot prices to average $53 per barrel (b) in both 2021 and 2022 compared with an average of $42/b in 2020.

The companies could be at risk of U.S. sanctions under existing law if they do not stop work.

State-owned Qatar Petroleum is planning a to increase LNG production by 43% to 110 million mt/year by 2025, up from 77 million mt/year currently.