“Rosneft” for the first time sold more gas than Gazprom for the month, data from St. Petersburg international commodity exchange (SPIMEX) for April. Last time around, “Gazprom” managed to NOVATEK — it was in may 2016.
“Rosneft” in April led to the sale of 521 million cubic meters of gas is 43% of all sales for the month. “Gazprom” has sold 484 million cubic meters (40%).
In General within the month, the trading volume in SPIMEX gas decreased to 1.2 billion cubic meters. In March 2020, the figure was $ 1.48 billion, and in April 2019 1.3 billion.
World demand for energy against the background of the pandemic in 2020 will be reduced by 6% — it would be a major decline in consumption over the past 70 years, follows from the forecast of the International energy Agency. The demand for oil could fall by 9%, coal 8%, gas — by 5%.