A Saudi industry source said the world's biggest oil exporter is merely responding to Novak's comments that as of April 1, countries are no longer bound by their quotas. The current OPEC+ agreement to cut 1.7 million b/d winds up at the end of March.

OPEC recommend extending the duration of the proposed 1.5 million barrel per day additional adjustment until the end of 2020, instead of 30th of June 2020.

Gazprom, OMV have agreed, inter alia, to extend until June 2022 the negotiations for the final agreement on the deal.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory have agreed an action plan to boost collaboration in energy, medical isotopes, waste management and decommissioning, while the Canadian Nuclear Association and the UK's Nuclear Industry Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in promoting nuclear technologies. Canada's 19 nuclear power reactors produce 15% of the country's electricity. The UK's 15 nuclear power reactors, operating across eight sites, account for 21% of that country's generation.

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U.S. International Trade in the goods and services deficit was $45.3 billion in January, down $3.3 billion from $48.6 billion in December,

The worldwide rig count for February 2020 was 2,125, up 52 from the 2,073 counted in January 2020, and down 181 from the 2,306 counted in February 2019.

U.S. Rig Count is up 3 rigs from last week to 793, Canada Rig Count is down 37 rigs from last week to 203.

Brent crude fell 49 cents, or 0.98%, to $49.50 per barrel, WTI was down 46 cents, or 1%, at $45.44 per barrel.

With oil prices tumbling, OPEC now wants to deepen its production cuts with non-OPEC allies by 1.5 million b/d for the full year 2020, instead of just the second quarter, sources said Thursday.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-феврале 2020 года сложилась в размере $ 58,13 за баррель

U.S. crude oil exports averaged 2.98 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2019,

"Last year was the best year for [final investment decisions] for the US LNG industry ever,"

Construction works on the 55 Bcm/year Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea were abruptly interrupted in late December after the US government implemented new sanctions threatening measures against contractors building the project.

Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета, связанный с превышением фактически сложившейся цены на нефть над базовым уровнем, прогнозируется в марте 2020 года в размере +172,1 млрд руб.