Global energy investment totalled more than USD 1.8 trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017. For the third year in a row, the power sector attracted more investment than the oil and gas industry.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin approved a new energy security doctrine Monday, which includes strengthening cooperation with foreign partners, defending Russian energy companies' legal rights abroad and access to international markets, and further developing Russia's import replacement program.

МИНФИН РОССИИ - По состоянию на 1 мая 2019 г. объем ФНБ составил 3 814 443,2 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 58 963,4 млн. долл. США,

МИНФИН РОССИИ - Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета, связанный с превышением фактически сложившейся цены на нефть над базовым уровнем, прогнозируется в мае 2019 года в размере +314,4 млрд руб.

МИНФИН РОССИИ - Средняя цена нефти марки Urals по итогам января – апреля 2019 года составила $ 65,18 за баррель. В 2018 году средняя цена на Urals в январе – апреле составила $ 66,15 за баррель. Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в апреле 2019 года сложилась в размере $ 71,54 за баррель, в апреле 2018 года - $ 69,08 за баррель.

China's refinery crude throughput rose 5.1% year on year to 52.1 million mt, or 12.73 million b/d in April, a record high on barrel per day basis, preliminary data released Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

The sanctions have already more than halved Iranian oil exports to 1 million bpd or less, from a peak of 2.8 million bpd last year. Exports could drop to as low as 500,000 bpd from May, an Iranian official told Reuters this month.

Hydrocarbon production in Q1 2019 amounted to 5.90 mmboed (71.7 mmtoe), exceeding Q1 2018 level by 3.4%. Average daily hydrocarbon production decreased by 0.6% QoQ due to the Company’s compliance with its obligations under the OPEC+ Agreement.

ROSNEFT - Net income growth of 61.7% YoY to RUB 131 bln

IEA - Our headline growth estimate for 2019 has changed little since the middle of last year, but this month we cut it by 90 kb/d to a still healthy 1.3 mb/d.

Brent crude futures were at $71.06 a barrel at 0646 GMT, down 18 cents, or 0.3%, from their last close. Brent ended 1.4% higher on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $61.33 per barrel, down 45 cents, or 0.7%, from their previous settlement. WTI closed up 1.2% in the previous session.

Renewables accounted for 9.2% of India’s total power generation in fiscal 2018/19, shows data by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Industrial production fell 0.5 percent in April, and the rates of change for previous months were revised down on net. Output is now reported to have declined 1.9 percent at an annual rate in the first quarter.

Gazprom's sales of Russian gas dropped 10% in the first quarter, analysis of quarterly results showed, as sales from storage dipped compared with 2018.

In 2018, GDP growth picked up moderately to 5 percent as adverse weather impacted agriculture and bottlenecks in energy and water slowed economic growth, despite strong investment growth.

Pakistan is facing a challenging economic environment, with lackluster growth, elevated inflation, high indebtedness, and a weak external position. This reflects the legacy of uneven and procyclical economic policies in recent years aiming to boost growth, but at the expense of rising vulnerabilities and lingering structural and institutional weaknesses.

«Мы в России высоко ценим последовательную позицию австрийской стороны и в поддержке проекта газопровода «Северный поток-2», нацеленного на обеспечение энергобезопасности всего евразийского континента», - отметил Владимир Путин.

МИНФИН РОССИИ - Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 апреля по 14 мая 2019 года составила $72,22921 за баррель, или $527,3 за тонну. Согласно расчетам Минфина России экспортная пошлина на нефть в РФ с 1 июня 2019 года повысится на $5,8 и составит $110,4 за тонну.

“The U.S. and China have a natural supply-demand match when it comes to energy, but China’s increase of retaliatory tariffs to 25 percent poses a threat to U.S. investment in LNG by limiting our share in the world’s fastest growing LNG market,” said Stephen Comstock, API Director. “These retaliatory tariffs dampen the prospects for the growing U.S. LNG investment, hurt U.S. workers, and benefit America’s foreign competitors.

An Iranian official said the exports of natural gas to Iraq are growing steadily and are expected to hit 40 million cubic meters a day in summer.