France's GDP growth is expected to stay moderate in the near term, reaching 1.3 percent this year and 1.4 percent in 2020, after slowing last year on the back of decelerating global growth and reduced slack.

Brazil's GDP growth is projected at 0.8 percent in 2019 and to accelerate in 2020 conditional on the approval of a robust pension reform and favorable financial conditions. The current budget is guided by the federal expenditure ceiling, entailing a minor reduction of the structural primary balance in 2019.

Russian and Saudi Arabian companies are considering expanding existing energy cooperation to include new joint oil and gas, petchems and nuclear projects,

U.S. EIA - Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 49,000 b/d month-over-month in July from 8,497 to 8,546 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 745 million cubic feet/day from 81,213 to 81,958 million cubic feet/day .

the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts Henry Hub natural gas spot prices for June, July, and August this year will average $2.37 per million British thermal units (MMBtu). If realized, this price would be the lowest summer average Henry Hub natural gas price since 1998.

A bipartisan group of 15 senators introduced a bill in March to instate NELA, which would offer incentives and set federal goals for advanced nuclear energy.

A bipartisan group of 15 senators introduced a bill in March to instate NELA, which would offer incentives and set federal goals for advanced nuclear energy.

U.S. EIA - Argentina’s domestic natural gas production has been rising steadily in the past three years, largely because of increasing production from the Neuquén Basin’s Vaca Muerta shale and tight gas play. Production from Vaca Muerta surpassed 1.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in December 2018.

India is likely to obtain 63% of its installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources (including hydro) by 2029-30, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). This would significantly exceed the country’s Paris agreement target of a 40% share of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

Uzbekistan has decided it now wants to build four nuclear power units and not just two as previously stated, Alisher Sultanov, the country's energy minister, said in an interview with news agency Kun.uz this week.

In 2019, the global oil demand growth forecast remains at 1.14 mb/d, with expectations for global oil demand to reach 99.87 mb/d. In 2020, the initial forecast indicates growth of around 1.14 mb/d y-o-y, as global oil demand is anticipated to surpass the 100 mb/d threshold on an annual basis, to average 101.01 mb/d for the year.

The UK government must show it is serious about its legal obligations to tackle and prepare for climate change, the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said today as it published its Reducing UK emissions - 2019 Progress Report to Parliament.

“The clock is ticking on irreversible climate change,” Adam Matthews, co-chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the director of ethics and engagement at the Church of England Pensions Board, said in a statement.

Участники заседания рассмотрели последние события на нефтяном рынке и краткосрочный прогноз его развития. Учитывая сохранение значительной неопределенности и возможные последствия для мирового нефтяного рынка, участники 6-го Министерского заседания стран ОПЕК и не ОПЕК настоящим принимают решение продлить на 9 месяцев с 1 июля 2019 года по 31 марта 2020 года действие решения о добровольной корректировке объемов добычи, принятого 7 декабря 2018 года по итогам 5-го Министерского заседания стран ОПЕК и не ОПЕК.

“Хартия сотрудничества стран-производителей нефти должна стать фундаментом нашей будущей кооперации. Благодаря такой диалоговой платформе мы сможем не только на постоянной основе продолжить отслеживать ситуацию на нефтяных рынках, но и при необходимости оперативно реагировать на возникающие перекосы, в регулярном режиме обсуждать как на министерском, так и экспертом уровнях актуальные вопросы развития отрасли”, - подчеркнул Министр энергетики Российской Федерации и сопредседатель заседания Александр Новак.