Indonesia's oil lifting between January and June slightly rose compared to a year earlier while gas lifting fell, upstream regulator SKK Migas told reporters on Tuesday, adding that both were below target.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an important energy source, and that it is important for consumers and producers to work together for a stable market, he said in online remarks at an industry conference on Tuesday.
Russian oil and gas firm Zarubezhneft plans to sell its stake in Indonesia's Tuna gas project, the upstream regulator said on Tuesday, after its British partner said sanctions were complicating their joint development.
Japan's Inpex said on Thursday it has bought a 50% stake in the Australian renewable business of Italy's Enel, as the Japanese oil and gas producer expands into green energy.
U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in 10 weeks, due to the biggest weekly increase in gas rigs since October 2016, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday.