Brent crude futures were down 35 cents, or 0.5%, at $66.20 per barrel, WTI crude CLc1 futures were down 30 cents, or 0.5%, at $59.13 a barrel.

in the presence of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, PAO NOVATEK and the consortium of Mitsui & Co and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation JOGMEC signed the Sales and Purchase Agreement to purchase a 10% participation interest in the Arctic LNG 2 project.

U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from from last week at 967, with oil rigs up 4 to 793, gas rigs down 4 to 173, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1. Canada Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 124, with oil rigs up 4 to 84 and gas rigs up 1 to 40.

In April 2019, for the 24th consecutive month, dry natural gas production increased year to year for the month. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in April 2019 was 2,708 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 90.3 Bcf/d. This level was 9.8 Bcf/d (12.2%) higher than the April 2018 level of 80.4 Bcf/d.

Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a deal with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to extend the OPEC+ agreement at current production levels for the rest of this year and potentially into early 2020.

The re-opening of trade negotiations between the US and China also opens the door for the easing of trade tensions and potential removal of tariffs on a range of commodities including LNG, LPG, soybeans, metals and petrochemicals.

"Today our forecast for gas pipeline deliveries in 2019 to Europe and Turkey is between 198.6 and 201.1 Bcm," Miller said in a speech at the company's annual general meeting. Gazprom exported 201.9 Bcm to Europe in 2018, accounting for around 36.8% of the market.

"As BRICS participants are leading global consumers and producers of energy, our association could be more actively involved in issues of ensuring global energy security and universal access to energy," Putin said, during a meeting of the leaders of the BRICS countries ahead of the G20 Summit in Osaka. The BRICS group comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Александр Новак добавил, что продолжается совместная реализация проектов “Сахалин-1” и “Сахалин-2”, в которых японские компании владеют 30% и 22,5%​ акций соответственно. С участием японских партнеров продолжает успешно реализовываться проект “Ямал СПГ”.​

Россия и Египет тесно взаимодействуют в сфере энергетики, как в двустороннем, так и многостороннем форматах, в том числе по линии Форума стран-экспортеров газа (ФСЭГ), отметил по итогам переговоров глава Минэнерго России Александр Новак.

Флагманским проектом российско-германского сотрудничества является “Северный поток-2”, его реализация продолжается несмотря на противодействие отдельных стран и возможные риски,

Флагманским проектом российско-турецкого сотрудничества, по словам главы Минэнерго России, является строящийся газопровод “Турецкий поток”.

Энергетическое сотрудничество России с Южной Кореей также демонстрирует поступательное развитие, особенно в нефтегазовой, угольной сферах и в электроэнергетике, отметил Александр Новак по итогам встречи. Во многом углублению сотрудничества способствует работа Совместного Российско-Корейского комитета по сотрудничеству в области энергетики и природных ресурсов, добавил он.

Based on a study of 40 US shale oil companies, looking at cash flow from operating activities, only four companies reported a positive cash flow balance in the first quarter of 2019.

Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), a leading company in the coordination of planning, purchasing and providing of water and electricity across the UAE, has announced that ‘Noor Abu Dhabi’, the world’s largest single solar project, with a capacity of 1,177MW, has started commercial operation.

OPEC and its allies led by Russia have been reducing oil output since 2017 to prevent prices from sliding amid soaring production from the United States, which has become the world’s top producer this year ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Front-month Brent crude futures touched an intraday high of $66.75 a barrel and were up $1.80 at $66.54 a barrel by 0834 GMT. U.S. crude futures for August climbed $1.57 to $60.04 a barrel, after earlier hitting their highest in over five weeks at $60.28.

Fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—have accounted for at least 80% of energy consumption in the United States for well over a century.

In view of the current fundamentals and the consensus view on the outlook for the remainder of 2019, the Conference decided to extend the voluntary production adjustments agreed at the 175th Meeting of the OPEC Conference for an additional period of nine months from 01 July 2019 to 31 March 2020.

“Крупнейшие российские компании, особенно в нефтегазовой сфере, имеют очень прочные деловые отношения со своими иракскими партнерами. Уже сейчас “Лукойлом”, “Газпром нефтью” ведется успешное взаимодействие с иракскими компаниями в рамках реализуемых проектов. Так, “Газпром нефть” является оператором разработки проекта “Бадра”, в то время как “Лукойл” участвует в двух проектах – “Западная Курна-2” и “Блок 10”, - сказал Александр Новак.