Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said Rystad Energy forecasts US oil and gas firms could earn more than $60 bln in additional profits this year.

Israel Defense Forces said it monitored a drone crash near the area where it was operating in southern Lebanon after issuing an alert over hostile aircraft intrusion into the Zerait region; the drone did not enter Israeli territory and caused no casualties.

June 5 — Lüliang, Shanxi held a meeting to tighten local responsibility for coal-mine safety, assess current safety conditions and deploy priority tasks. The city ordered implementation of the Lüliang coal-mine safety responsibility implementation checklist (trial) and mandated three tiers of meetings — local authorities, supervisory agencies and company principals — to reinforce warning education, tiered management, clarify responsibilities and key control points, and ensure tasks are executed. Counties must produce action plans; functional departments must enforce the directives at every enterprise and require firms to issue work plans and fulfill tasks. City and county authorities will jointly intensify supervision of checklist and meeting compliance, and use the provincial coal-mine safety risk rectification campaign to resolutely crack down on illegal operators and to investigate and punish dereliction of duty, including public officials who act as “protective umbrellas.”