Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 266,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 799, Canada Rig Count is up 12 rigs from last week to 138,

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $47.2 billion in October, down $3.9 billion from $51.1 billion in September,

The market capitalization of five of the top 10 U.S. coal companies was sliced by more than half from early January to mid-November 2019.

They believe relentless US oil production growth will slow rapidly next year.

In the first nine months of 2019, US thermal exports were more than 10 million mt below the year-ago period's total, and vessel tracking data show October exports are expected to come in close to September levels.

U.S. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2019 (table 1), according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.

U.S. Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 802, Canada Rig Count is down 11 rigs from last week to 126

US coal-fired power generation totaled 85.9 TWh in September, down 8.8% from August,

Output averaged 1.66 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, or about 50,000 barrels less than in September. Compared the same month last year, Pemex’s October oil output was down 5.5%.

the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a successor two-year arrrangement for Mexico under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in an amount equivalent to SDR 44.5635 billion (about US$61 billion [1] ) and canceled the previous arrangement. The Mexican authorities stated their intention to treat the arrangement as precautionary.

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 803, Canada Rig Count is up 3 rigs from last week to 137,

"We need to replace 70-90% of carbon resources of energy by 2050 in order to avoid overheating the Earth," he said, adding that two-thirds of the world's population still relies on biomass. An alarming projection, he said, is that by 2050 African nations will be consuming as much energy per capita as they do now, but their population will have doubled to 1.4 billion. "This will have dramatic implications for healthcare, employment and migration in the future," he said. "Only nuclear power can stop this migration by helping to develop the region."

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 49,000 b/d month-over-month in November from 9,084 to 9,133 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 263 million cubic feet/day from 84,930 to 85,193 million cubic feet/day .

ConocoPhillips has been one of the better-performing energy stocks, having dropped 8% this year, compared with a key industry index, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP.P), which has sunk about 22%.