“Such sanctions are a serious interference in the internal affairs of Germany and Europe and their sovereignty. We firmly reject this,” Scholz told German broadcaster ARD in comments released on Saturday. But he rejected countermeasures.

Brent was down 22 cents, or 0.33%, at $65.92 per barrel, WTI was down 25 cents, or 0.41%, at $60.19 a barrel

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“Of course we will finish building (the pipeline)... Gazprom has alternative options for how to lay it. It will take a little more time, but that’s no big deal,” Medvedev told journalists, adding that it could take a couple more months.

Министр рассказал, что в 2019 году были достигнуты исторические цифры по добыче нефти, газа, по выработке электроэнергии, установлены очередные национальные рекорды. Ожидается, что добыча нефти по итогам года составит порядка 560 млн тонн, газа – 737 млрд кубических метров, угля – 437 млн тонн, выработка электроэнергии прогнозируется на уровне 1,102 трлн кВт.ч.

The macroeconomic outlook is more subdued and uncertain than in recent years. India's economy growth is projected at 6.1 percent in FY2019/20. Investment and private consumption are expected to firm in the second half of the fiscal year.

Gazprom is showing that the strategy chosen for 2020 -- and potentially over the longer term -- is to defend its market share in Europe by flooding the Continent with cheap gas, send alternative sources of supply, in particular LNG, out of the money, traders told

Artificial Intelligence, AI, will be a key enabling technology in achieving renewable energy and sustainability targets, according to a report, "Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the Future of Energy and Sustainability," released today, ahead of January’s 2020 World Future Energy Summit.

Общий объем привлекаемого финансирования — 11,4 млрд евро. Средства предоставляют 22 европейских, азиатских и российских банка. Заемщиком выступает «Газпром переработка Благовещенск».

Spending an estimated Eur66 billion on the three projects, Gazprom clearly saw money as being no object to achieving its goals -- be they economic, geopolitical or both.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait signed an agreement Tuesday to resume pumping at two major oilfields in a shared neutral zone shut for five years due to a bilateral disagreement, officials said.

Было отмечено, что одной из основных тенденций 2019 года стало продолжение роста потребления природного газа в мире.

This was supposed to be a breakout year for US LNG export projects getting commercially sanctioned. But with 2019 wrapping up, just two new export terminals and an additional train at an existing facility made it over the line to construction.

Ukraine is a key transit route for Russian piped gas exports to Europe and the existing deal between the two post-Soviet countries expires at the end of 2019.

Brent settled up 81 cents, or 1.22%, at $67.20 a barrel, WTI settled up 59 cents, or 0.97%, at $61.11 a barrel.

Пока преждевременно говорить, что Allseas не сможет достроить «Северный поток-2». Они приостановили работы, чтобы исключить риски санкций. Компания запросила разъяснение у американского Минфина, и только после его получения станет понятно, сможет ли она продолжить работы. Независимо от санкций газопровод будет достроен, осталось уложить чуть менее 160 км трубы.

“It really is a great irony that at a time when the United States became the world’s biggest producer and has become a great exporter, that investors have become skeptical and have adopted a position of ‘show me the money,’”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has a 20%stake in the plant some 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Lagos.

Brent were up 6 cents, or 0.1%, at $67.98 a barrel, WTI was up 11 cents, or 0.2%, at $61.79 a barrel.

U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs from last week to 805, Canada Rig Count is down 50 rigs from last week to 99