The figure represents a decrease of 20% compared to the previous year, due to the inconveniences that the state oil company and the sector faced during the past year

British energy giant slashed its planned spending for 2020 by one quarter and announced a 1.0-billion dollars hit from collapsing oil prices as the coronavirus outbreak destroys demand

US President Donald Trump invited US oil executives to discuss ways to help the industry “ravaged” by slumping energy demand during the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia