Analysis

FRANCE'S NUCLEAR POWER UP
WNN - EDF in 2018 achieved all its financial objectives and exceeded the targets of its performance plan, company chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy announced last week. Its performance would be "amplified" in 2019, he said during the presentation of its results.

ADNOC RATING AA+
ENA - The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, announced that Fitch Ratings, Fitch, has assigned ADNOC Group a standalone credit rating of AA+. The rating, according to Fitch, highlights the company’s high upstream output and significant reserves, strong profitability, commercially-focused business model, downstream integration and conservative financial profile. The rating, Fitch said, sits at the upper boundary of the agency’s rating spectrum for all oil and gas companies.

РЕЗЕРВЫ ЛУКОЙЛА 101%
ЛУКОЙЛ - Доказанные запасы углеводородов Компании по классификации SEC составили 15,9 млрд барр. н.э., из которых 76% приходится на жидкие углеводороды. Коэффициент восполнения добычи жидких углеводородов приростом доказанных запасов составил 101%. В России, где находятся основные активы Компании, коэффициент восполнения достиг 127%. Обеспеченность Компании доказанными запасами углеводородов составляет 19 лет.

OIL PRICE: ABOVE $66
REUTERS - Oil prices on Monday hit their highest levels since November last year, lifted by OPEC-led supply cuts, U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, and hopes that the Sino-U.S. trade dispute may soon end.

OIL DEMAND GROWTH 1.4 MBD
IEA - Growth in 4Q18 was robust at 1.4 mb/d y-o-y and for 2018 as a whole growth was 1.3 mb/d.

BRENT OIL: UNDERVALUED
In the context of supply and demand balance,the current price of BRENT oil is undervalued.Neither OPEC nor the IEA has considerably brought down their forecasts for global oil demand in the current year.

U.S. OIL PRODUCTION 11.9 MBD AGAIN
API - Strongest gasoline demand (8.9 million barrels per day, mb/d) for the month January on record since 1945. Record refinery and petrochemical demand for other oils’ in any month (5.7 mb/d) U.S. production of crude oil (11.9 mb/d) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) (4.9 mb/d) Refinery throughput (17.3 mb/d) and capacity utilization (93.1 percent) for the month of January.

BENEFIT FOR RUSSIA
PLATTS - Russia has benefitted significantly from the OPEC/non-OPEC production agreement, which prevented further oil price drops, energy minister Alexander Novak said Thursday, in a sign that Russia remains committed to the deal, despite recent criticism from Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.

U.S. TIGHT OIL PRODUCTION 7 MBD
U.S. EIA - In December 2018, U.S. shale and tight plays produced about 65 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas (70% of total U.S. dry gas production) and about 7 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil (60% of total U.S. oil production). A decade ago, in December 2008, shale gas and tight oil accounted for 16% of total U.S. gas production and about 12% of U.S. total crude oil production.

U.S. SHALE NEED INVESTMENT
REUTERS - On Thursday, the regional price of crude was at a $1.10 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures, the strongest in more than a year as companies including Parsley Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources, Goodrich Petroleum Corp have pared their exploration budgets, easing the constraints.

U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 0.6%
U.S. FRB - Industrial production decreased 0.6 percent in January after rising 0.1 percent in December.

SAUDIS INVESTMENT FOR PAKISTAN: $20 BLN
REUTERS - Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to supply Pakistan with crude oil and petroleum products to secure its fuel needs, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said

BP: NUCLEAR POWER UP TO 3400 TWH
BP - The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook, published today, explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040. The greatest uncertainties over this period involve the need for more energy to support continued global economic growth and rising prosperity, together with the need for a more rapid transition to a lower-carbon future.

U.S. RIGS UP 2 TO 1,051
BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 1,051 rigs, Canada Rig Count is down 16 rigs from last week to 224,

OIL PRICE: ABOVE $64 YET
REUTERS - Brent crude oil briefly reached 2019 highs above $65 per barrel on Friday, as OPEC-led supply cuts and the announcement of a higher-than-expected cut by Saudi Arabia this week encouraged investors.