Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.7 percent,

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today upgraded RusHydro, PJSC's (RusHydro) Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) to baa3 from ba1.

Эффективность Энергетического Перехода (ET) для всего человечества тем выше, чем меньше вредное воздействие энергетики на окружающую среду, продолжительность ET и его стоимость при условии удовлетворения потребности в энергии.

In April 2020, the OPEC+ decided to cut their overall crude oil production by 9.7 mb/d over the 1 May 2020 - 30 June 2020 period, in an attempt to reduce the global oversupply and to firm up depressed oil prices in a context of COVID-19 pandemic.

US opposition to the project -- on the grounds that it gives Russia too much leverage over European energy security -- continues to intensify.

LNG suppliers are continuing to respond to the uptick in demand and prices with the US now exporting at historically high volumes.

Russia’s economy is on track to contract about 4% this year, according to the central bank,

Brent fell 51 cents, or 1.1%, to $48.28 a barrel. WTI fell 45 cents or 1%, to $45.31 a barrel.

Brent prices will average $49/b in 2021, up from an expected average of $43/b in the fourth quarter of 2020. Brent prices will average $47/b in the first quarter of 2021 and rise to an average of $50/b by the fourth quarter.

“Пик потребления углеводородов, может, уже даже и прошел. Пандемия структурно повлияла на мировую экономику: уже меньше путешествий, пользования транспортом, командировок, но больше видео конференций, заказов через онлайн торговлю. Это уже могло повлиять на структурный уровень потребления углеводородов в мире”.

По состоянию на 1 декабря 2020 г. объем ФНБ составил 13 457 015,3 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 177 393,0 млн. долл. США,

Ожидаемый объем недополученных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в декабре 2020 года в размере 70,1 млрд руб.

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-ноябре 2020 года сложилась в размере $41,04 за баррель, в январе-ноябре 2019 года - $63,51 за баррель.

OPEC+ compliance with its production cuts stayed stable at 100.2%.

The blue-chip CSI300 index was down 1.34%,

Brent rose 11 cents, or 0.2%, to $48.95 a barrel. WTI climbed 9 cents, or 0.2%, to $45.69.

The US and Slovenia signed a civil nuclear energy pact Tuesday geared at strengthening and expanding bilateral cooperation on the matter, according to the State Department.

The cost of electricity from new nuclear power plants remains stable, yet electricity from the long-term operation of existing plants constitutes the least cost option for low-carbon generation.

France's nuclear industry comprises 3000 companies and 220,000 jobs, with 5000 new hires planned for 2021 in spite of the crisis caused by the pandemic.

The region has seen growing awareness of climate change with China, Japan and South Korea earlier this year committing to achieving net-zero emissions in the coming decades.