REPSOL - Repsol posted net income of 2.171 billion euros in the first nine months of the year, an increase of 37% over the same period of the previous year, and the highest 9-month result in the last decade.

TRANSCANADA - TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada or the Company) announced net income attributable to common shares for third quarter 2018 of $928 million or $1.02 per share compared to net income of $612 million or $0.70 per share for the same period in 2017.

NOBLE ENERGY - The Company reported third quarter net income attributable to Noble Energy of $227 million, or $0.47 per diluted share. Net income including noncontrolling interest was $248 million.

REUTERS - Benchmark Brent crude oil LCOc1 was up 80 cents at $76.71 a barrel by 0840 GMT. The contract fell 1.8 percent on Tuesday, at one point touching its lowest since Aug. 24 at $75.09. U.S. light crude CLc1 was up 60 cents at $66.78. It hit a two-month low of $65.33 a barrel on Tuesday.

PLATTS - Consolidation through the oil and gas sector is heating up, spurred in many cases by too many small companies, lack of operator scale, profits and in the oilfield services segment, an inability to raise prices after the recent downturn, industry executives said

PLATTS - China's Sinopec is in discussions with government authorities and suppliers regarding its Iranian crude imports and is trying to make special arrangements on the flow in the coming weeks, an executive said during the company's third quarter results briefing call

BP - For the third quarter, underlying RC profit was $3,838 million, compared with $1,865 million in 2017. Underlying RC profit is after adjusting RC profit for a net charge for non-operating items of $649 million and net adverse fair value accounting effects of $98 million (both on a post-tax basis). RC profit was $3,091 million for the third quarter, compared with $1,379 million in 2017.

ANADARKO - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) announced 2018 third‑quarter results, reporting net income attributable to common stockholders of $363 million, or $0.72 per share (diluted).

FT - Kazakhstan’s state-run oil and gas company KazMunaiGas is finalising plans for an initial public offering that could raise as much as $6.5bn, in what could be central Asia’s largest ever stock market listing.

BHGE - Orders of $5.7 billion for the quarter, down 5% sequentially and flat year-over-year. Revenue of $5.7 billion for the quarter, up 2% sequentially and up 7% year-over-year. GAAP operating income of $282 million for the quarter, increased $204 million sequentially and increased $475 million year-over-year.

REUTERS - Front-month Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 46 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $77.16 a barrel at 0745 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $67.19 a barrel, down 40 cents, or 0.6 percent.

OPEC - The JMMC noted that countries participating in the ‘Declaration of Cooperation’ achieved a conformity level of 111% in September 2018, which shows significant progress towards the goal set at the 4th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting of 23 June 2018.

REUTERS - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday there was no reason for Russia to freeze or cut its oil production levels, noting that there were risks that global oil markets could be facing a deficit.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - В газовой сфере сотрудничество России и Болгарии насчитывает более 40 лет, поставки ведутся с 1974 года. За это время в страну поставлено около 167 млрд куб. м российского природного газа. В прошлом 2017 году Россия поставила Болгарии 3,3 млрд куб. м.

PLATTS - In September 27, 2018, BASF signed a transaction agreement with LetterOne to merge their respective oil and gas businesses, Wintershall and DEA, into a joint venture.