"The macroeconomic situation has had a negative impact on the long-term development prospects of the LNG industry," Gazprom said, adding that so far in 2020 only one final investment decision had been made for a new LNG production project.

In the shale gas sector, the most affected player has been the United States, which accounts for about 95 per cent of global shale gas production. According to analysts, the growth rates of U.S. shale gas production may show a considerable decrease in the coming years.

In the third quarter of 2020, profit attributable to shareholders amounted to RUB 50.4 bln as compared to a loss of RUB 18.7 bln in the previous quarter.

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that Fitch Ratings raised long-term corporate credit ratings on PJSC RusHydro and the company’s bonds to sovereign grade ‘BBB’ (outlook stable).

Wintershall Dea is one of five European energy companies -- along with France's Engie, Austria 's OMV, Anglo-Dutch Shell and Germany's Uniper -- that have co-financed the project, each committing to invest Eur950 million.

On November 12, the surplus in daily volumes hit a record high of 25 per cent.

Saudi Arabia was catching up with Russia which has exported about 1.7 million bpd of oil to China so far in 2020, with Iraq at a third place with about 1.2 million bpd.

Particular attention was paid to the role and significance of natural gas as a green energy source in the context of Europe's decarbonization policy goals.

The Kingdom remains Russia’s strategic partner. We are looking forward to a long-term partnership with Saudi Arabia on the Sputnik V vaccine.

The Committee reviewed the crude oil production data for October 2020 and welcomed the positive performance in the overall conformity level for participating OPEC and non-OPEC Countries, at 101 per cent.

OPEC+ ministers are weighing whether to relax their current 7.7 million b/d in collective production cuts to 5.8 million b/d as originally scheduled, maintain them at the same level for a few months, or even deepen them.

Saudi Arabia and Russia, leaders of the 23-nation coalition, have already indicated publicly that they are thinking twice about easing production cuts in January as the resurgent pandemic hits fuel demand.

In 9M 2020 negative Net income was RUB -177 bln (USD -2.1 bln). The reduction compared to 9M 2019 was a result of the negative effect of price fluctuations due to COVID-19 pandemic as well as the negative effect of non-monetary factors.

Brent fell 34 cents, or 0.8%, to $43.46 a barrel. WTI fell 30 cents, or 0.7%, to $41.15 a barrel.

OPEC+ alliance's current 7.7 million b/d in output cuts could be maintained into 2021 instead of being eased as originally planned, or even extended.