WBG: Despite recent softening, global economic growth will remain robust at 3.1 percent in 2018 before slowing gradually over the next two years, as advanced-economy growth decelerates and the recovery in major commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies levels off

OPEC - World oil demand averaged 97.20 mb/d in 2017, up by 1.7 per cent y-o-y, with the largest increases taking place in Asia and Pacific region (particularly China and India), Europe and North America. The 2017 oil demand in Africa and the Middle East grew by around 100,000 b/d, as compared to 2016, while oil demand declined in Latin America for the third year in a row.

PLATTS - Global oil demand will peak around 2030 at 111 million b/d as a sharp rise in electric vehicles and energy efficiency gains offset growing demand from the aviation and petrochemical sectors, Norwegian producer Equinor said

ГАЗПРОМ - компания Nord Stream 2 AG получила разрешение на строительство и эксплуатацию газопровода «Северный поток — 2» в шведской исключительной экономической зоне (ИЭЗ). Разрешение Правительства на участок протяженностью приблизительно 510 км в шведской ИЭЗ было выдано Министерством по предпринимательству и инновациям, которое отвечает за рассмотрение заявки. Газопровод «Северный поток — 2» протяженностью около 1230 км будет построен для транспортировки природного газа из России в ЕС через Балтийское море.

EIA - U.S. exports of natural gas, including exports via pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG), averaged 9.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in the first quarter of this year,

REUTERS - May shipments were 39.05 million tonnes, or 9.2 million barrels per day (bpd), according to data released on Friday by the General Administration of Customs. That compared to 9.6 million bpd in April and 8.76 million bpd in May, 2017.

BLOOMBERG - Venezuela wrote to fellow OPEC members urging them to unite against U.S. sanctions, echoing a similar letter from Iran, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

BEA - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $46.2 billion in April, down $1.0 billion from $47.2 billion in March, revised.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - энергетика занимает высокое место в структуре торгово-экономического сотрудничества. В частности, в качестве перспективных направлений взаимодействия, были выделены: кооперация в газовой сфере, включая проекты «Сахалин-2» и третью технологическую линию завода, Ямал СПГ, Арктик СПГ-2, а также сотрудничества в области электроэнергетики, в том числе исследования целесообразности и условий соединения энергосистем России и Республики Корея.

REUTERS - “What we’ll be looking to see is that it ensures the establishment of an independent and trustworthy anti-corruption court that meets the expectation of the Ukrainian people,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said at a briefing.

BAKER HUGHES A GE - The worldwide rig count for May 2018 was 2,096, up 9 from the 2,087 counted in April 2018, and up 161 from the 1,935 counted in May 2017.

WNN - Tokamak Energy announced today that it has achieved plasma temperatures of over 15 million degrees Celsius, hotter than the centre of the Sun. The Oxford, England-based company turned on its ST40 reactor for the first time in April 2017.

REUTERS - Brent crude LCOc1 rose 78 cents to $76.16 a barrel by 0645 GMT after dropping to its lowest since May 8 on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up 33 cents at $65.85 a barrel, having touched a near two-month low on Tuesday.

REUTERS - “We have to look into the situation which has panned out on the market today, from the point of view of the volume cuts, inventories decline, shortages on the market, and to adjust the figures,” Novak told reporters.

PLATTS - Russia's largest crude oil producer, Rosneft, is in a position to add 100,000 b/d to production in a few days if the conditions of the OPEC/non-OPEC production cut deal are eased, analysts at Aton said in a research note released following meetings with Rosneft officials.