Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 января 2017 года по 14 февраля 2017 года составила $ 53,24818 за баррель, или $388,7 за тонну.

U.S. crude oil production increased for the second consecutive month in November 2016, the first time this has occurred since early 2015. Increased drilling activity in the Permian region, which spans Texas and New Mexico, as well as the start of a number of new projects in the Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico (GOM), more than offset declining production from other regions in October and November 2016.

The United States is expected to become a net exporter of natural gas on an average annual basis by 2018. The transition to net exporter is driven by declining pipeline imports, growing pipeline exports, and increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).The United States is also projected to become a net exporter of total energy in the 2020s in large part because of increasing natural gas exports.

China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded methanol production capacity. Since the early 2000s, China’s methanol consumption in fuel products has risen sharply and is estimated to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016.

В 2016 году прибыль, относящаяся к акционерам ПАО «НОВАТЭК», выросла более чем в три раза до 257,8 млрд руб. (85,41 руб. на акцию) по сравнению с 74,4 млрд руб. (24,63 руб. на акцию) в 2015 году. Существенное влияние на величину и динамику прибыли оказали эффекты от курсовых разниц (в том числе по совместным предприятиям), а также эффект от выбытия долей владения в совместных предприятиях.

U.S. Rig Count is up 252 rigs from last year's count of 502, with oil rigs up 202, gas rigs up 49, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 166 rigs from last year's count of 175, with oil rigs up 123 and gas rigs up 43.

Preliminary production figures for January 2017 show an average daily production of about 2 024 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 42 000 barrels per day (about 2 percent) less than December 2016.

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U.S. Rig Count is up 237 rigs from last year's count of 514, with oil rigs up 184, gas rigs up 52, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 125 rigs from last year's count of 206, with oil rigs up 85 and gas rigs up 40.