Indonesia exported 30.6 million mt of thermal coal in May, up 6% on the month and up 20% on the year, according to latest customs data.

Brent was up 55 cents, or about 0.9%, at $59.19 a barrel, WTI were up 57 cents, or 1%, at $55.44 a barrel.

Total oil demand for the year is now anticipated to reach 99.92 mb/d. For 2020, world oil demand is expected to grow by 1.14 mb/d, in line with last month’s projection, with total world consumption anticipated to average 101.05 mb/d.

Total U.S. petroleum demand averaged 20.8 million barrels per day (mb/d) in July 2019, which represented a 0.9% year-over-year increase and the highest demand for the month since 2005,

India will require US$500 – 700 billion in renewable energy and supporting grid investment over the coming decade in order to meet its renewable energy targets

Preliminary production figures for July 2019 show an average daily production of 1 799 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 402 000 barrels per day compared to June.

The sum total in June of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $1.7 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $6.1 billion, and net foreign official outflows were $4.5 billion.

Chinese financial institutions provided at least $1 billion in “green” financing to coal-related projects in the first half of this year, a review of financial data showed, with fossil fuels still playing a major role in Beijing’s energy strategy.

U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 935, with oil rigs up 6 to 770, gas rigs down 4 to 165, and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 0. Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 142, with oil rigs up 7 to 101 and gas rigs down 5 to 41.

Brent was up 52 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.75 a barrel , U.S. crude was up 65 cents, or 1.2%, at $55.12 a barrel

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 июля по 14 августа 2019 года составила $ 61,44109 за баррель

Россия, Азербайджан и Иран заключили соглашение о совместной разработке технико-экономического обоснования (ТЭО) проекта создания энергетического коридора «Север – Юг» (АИР) между энергосистемами Азербайджанской Республики, Исламской Республики Иран и Российской Федерации.

The US is set to impose sanctions on Rosneft if it continues to trade crude oil and fuel with Venezuela's PDVSA in exchange for debt repayments and stakes in joint venture projects in the South American nation,

In H1 2019, the production on the Zohr field amounted to 11.3 bcm of gas, which is 3.6 times more than in the same period last year.

U.S. natural gas production continued to increase in August despite relatively low natural gas spot prices