Brent futures were up 4 cents at $46.95 at 0214 GMT. On Monday, they fell 46 cents, or 1 percent, to settle at $46.91 a barrel. That was their lowest since Nov. 29, the day before the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers agreed to cut output for six months from January. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 1 cent at $44.19 a barrel. They declined 54 cents, or 1.2 percent in the previous session, to settle at $44.20 per barrel, the lowest close since Nov. 14. The July contract will expire on Tuesday and August will become the front-month.

По словам главы Минэнерго России, для стабилизации нефтяного рынка необходимо, чтобы запасы упали до среднего уровня за пять лет: «Мы уверены, что это произойдет в течение ближайших кварталов, возможно к концу первого квартала 2018 года. Мы мониторим текущую текущую ситуацию. На данный момент нет необходимости предпринимать какие-то дополнительные действия».

"In my opinion, market fundamentals are going in the right direction, but in light of the large surplus in stockpiles over the past years, the cut needs time to take effect," he told the newspaper, referring to a global deal to curb oil production.

Александр Новак отметил, что в поступательное развитие газовой генерации в немалой степени способствует снижению эмиссии парниковых газов: «На сегодняшний день в России почти 85% произведенной электроэнергии приходится на безуглеродные или низкоуглеродные источники, а к 2035 году этот показатель будет уже почти 90%».

“We have been producing oil and gas in Norway for nearly 50 years and we are still not halfway done. Vast volumes of oil and gas have been discovered on the Norwegian shelf that are still waiting to be produced. We want companies with the ability and willingness to utilise new knowledge and advanced technology. This will yield profitable production for many decades in the future,” says Ingrid Sølvberg, Director of development and operations in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

Crude oil production from the seven major US onshore producing regions is forecast to rise 127,000 b/d month-over-month in June to average 5.475 million b/d. Gas production from the seven regions is forecast to gain 684 MMcfd month-over-month in June to 51.685 bcfd.

U.S. Rig Count is up 509 rigs from last year's count of 424, with oil rigs up 410, gas rigs up 100, and miscellaneous rigs down 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 90 rigs from last year's count of 69, with oil rigs up 63, gas rigs up 28, and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 0.

U.S. Rig Count is up 513 rigs from last year's count of 414, with oil rigs up 413, gas rigs up 100, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged. Canadian Rig Count is up 67 rigs from last year's count of 65, with oil rigs up 45 and gas rigs up 22.

Brent crude oil LCOc1 was up 48 cents at $48.34 a barrel by 12:17 p.m. EDT. U.S. crude CLc1 was 39 cents higher at $46.04 a barrel. U.S. crude and Brent benchmarks remained on track for weekly declines of more than 3 percent, pressured by big U.S. inventories and heavy worldwide flows.

At the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), the July 2017 contract price fell 5¢ from $3.071/MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.020/MMBtu yesterday.

«Мы имеем возможность взаимодействовать со странами и компаниями азиатско-тихоокеанского региона и будем развивать наше сотрудничество в сфере энергетики», - сообщил глава Минэнерго России. Министр особо подчеркнул заинтересованность России в расширении взаимодействия с Индией в сфере поставок энергоресурсов: «Индия для нас является стратегическим партнером. Мы уже начали поставлять туда нефть, ведем переговоры по прокладке газопровода».

Brent crude LCOc1 was up 43 cents by 0900 GMT at $48.49 a barrel, having fallen 4 percent the day before, while U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose 38 cents to $46.10 a barrel.

Россия вместе с Южной Корей стали странами-лидерами инициативы. К деятельности инициативы присоединились не только крупнейшие страны мира, такие как Китай, ОАЭ, Мексика, ЮАР, но и авторитетные международные организации –Агентство по возобновляемой энергии (IRENA), Международное партнерство по энергоэффективности (IPEEC), Программа ООН по окружающей среде (UNEP).

The United States remained the world's top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2016 for the fifth straight year despite production declines for both petroleum and natural gas relative to their 2015 levels. The United States has been the world's top producer of natural gas since 2009, when U.S. natural gas production surpassed that of Russia, and it has been the world's top producer of petroleum hydrocarbons since 2013, when its production exceeded Saudi Arabia’s.

U.S. crude production will average more than 10 million barrels a day for the first time in 2018, breaking a record almost five decades old and keeping prices from rising as much as previously estimated, government forecasts showed Tuesday.