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.

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ExxonMobil is planning capital expenditures of between $30 billion to $35 billion annually through 2025, consistent with previous guidance. For 2020, the company anticipates an investment level of up to $33 billion, depending on the progress of individual projects.

RUSHYDRO Reported: net profit RUB 51,547 mn – adjusted net profit (-27.1% y-o-y) net profit in 2019 – RUB 643 mn (-98.0% y-o-y) mostly as a result of impairment of property, plant & equipment.

Australia's economic growth has recovered gradually in 2019 from the lows in the second half of 2018,

Brent rose by 78 cents, or 1.50%, to $52.64 a barrel, WTI rose by 72 cents, or 1.53%, to $47.90 a barrel,

“Conoravirus ... is a short-lived factor which is affecting oil prices ... There will be an OPEC (and non-OPEC) meeting, compensatory measures will be taken which will take the excess oil off the market and the oil price will rebound,” Fedun said.