All publications by tag «OIL»
2016, September, 5, 18:35:00
PETROBRAS CUTS 11,704 JOBS
In April, the company said it expected up to 12,000 employees to leave as part of the layoff program.
2016, September, 5, 18:30:00
U.S. RIGS UP 8
U.S. Rig Count is down 367 rigs from last year's count of 864, with oil rigs down 255, gas rigs down 114, and miscellaneous rigs up 2.
Canadian Rig Count is down 50 rigs from last year's count of 187, with oil rigs down 1, and gas rigs down 49.
2016, September, 2, 18:40:00
OIL PRICE COMPROMISE
“From the viewpoint of economic sense and logic, then it would be correct to find some sort of compromise,” Putin said in an interview in Vladivostok. “I am confident that everyone understands that. We believe that this is the right decision for world energy.”
2016, September, 2, 18:35:00
CONFLICTING OIL PRICES: $45.7
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in October traded at $43.35 a barrel at 0358 GMT, up $0.19 in the Globex electronic session. November Brent crude on London's ICE Futures exchange rose $0.22 to $45.67 a barrel. Week-to-date, both benchmarks were last down by around 9%, the biggest slump since the week of January 10 when prices dropped 11%.
2016, September, 1, 18:45:00
SAUDI STABILIZES PRICES
The country is able to pump as much as 12.5 million barrels a day of oil, he said in comments broadcast during an official visit to buyers in Asia, its biggest market, including China.
2016, September, 1, 18:40:00
IRAQ & KURDISTAN DEAL
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Jawad Kadhim Al Abadi and his Kurdish counterpart, Nechirvan Barzani, have agreed to split the proposed export volume of 150,000 bopd from Kirkuk’s Baba Gorgor and Khabbaz fields between them. On Tuesday, Kurdish news outlet Rudaw also claimed an agreement on Kirkuk oil had been reached.
2016, August, 31, 19:00:00
OIL PRICES: ABOUT $48
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in October traded at $46.20 a barrel at 0122 GMT, down $0.15 in the Globex electronic session, the lowest intraday level since Aug 12. October Brent crude on London's ICE Futures exchange fell $0.02 to $48.35 a barrel.
2016, August, 31, 18:55:00
IRAQ SUPPORTS PRICES
“We support freezing oil production by OPEC due to the sharp decline of oil prices,” Mr. Abadi said at a news conference, saying it would help government-salaried oil-industry workers.
2016, August, 31, 18:30:00
LETTERONE IS LOOKING
LetterOne, Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment vehicle, is looking at acquisitions in renewable energy and oil assets in the North Sea outside of Britain, its executive chairman John Browne told.
2016, August, 30, 18:55:00
OIL PRICES: BEYOND $49
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $49.38 per barrel at 0505 GMT, up 12 cents from their previous close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 17 cents at $47.15 a barrel.