Rosneft Trading and TNK Trading handled a "large percentage" of Venezuela's oil exports in 2019

The US was the second biggest LPG supplier to China in 2017 at 3.54 million mt, comprising 3.37 million mt of propane and 162,668 mt of butane. The volume dropped 54% a year later in 2018 to 1.62 million mt as a result of trade tensions between the two economies, and in 2019 only 2,443 mt of US propane was imported into China, customs data showed.

EIA forecasts Brent crude oil prices will average $43/b in 2020, down from an average of $64/b in 2019. For 2020, EIA expects prices will average $37/b during the second quarter and then rise to $42/b during the second half of the year. EIA forecasts that average Brent prices will rise to an average of $55/b in 2021, as declining global oil inventories put upward pressure on prices.

U.S. shale companies need prices at least in the low $40s to cover costs,

U.S. natural gas production grew by 9.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2019

Asian LNG prices hit historic lows in February, the benchmark price for spot-traded LNG in Northeast Asia, falling to $2.71/MMBtu on underlying weak Asian demand compounded by mild temperatures and the coronavirus.

In late February, the Spanish energy companies Repsol SA and Endesa SA rejected a hefty deal on the purchase of 200 million cubic metres of LNG from the biggest US liquefied natural gas exporter Cheniere Energy Inc.

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded contracts to BWX Technologies Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy LLC to each begin design work on a mobile nuclear reactor prototype. The engineering design phase of the project will last up to two years, after which one of the three teams may be selected to build and demonstrate a prototype reactor.

the U.S. unemployment rate was little changed at 3.5 percent

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory have agreed an action plan to boost collaboration in energy, medical isotopes, waste management and decommissioning, while the Canadian Nuclear Association and the UK's Nuclear Industry Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in promoting nuclear technologies. Canada's 19 nuclear power reactors produce 15% of the country's electricity. The UK's 15 nuclear power reactors, operating across eight sites, account for 21% of that country's generation.

how to counter the fear factor, thereby allowing the use of nuclear power as a clean source of energy

U.S. International Trade in the goods and services deficit was $45.3 billion in January, down $3.3 billion from $48.6 billion in December,

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.

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,"