Finance
2019, April, 17, 11:15:00
EUROPE'S GAS PIPELINES RULES
The rules governing the EU's internal gas market will in future also apply to pipelines to and from third countries. The Council today formally adopted an amendment to the so-called gas directive which aims at closing a legal gap in the EU's regulatory framework and boosting competition in the gas market. This is the final step in the legislative process.
2019, April, 17, 11:00:00
RUSSIA, DUBAI INVESTMENT
The investment incentives provided by Dubai government and the business opportunities up for grabs on the horizon were the crux of a meeting officials of the Dubai Land Department, DLD, had with a Russian delegation who participated in the recently concluded Annual Investment Meeting 2019.
2019, April, 17, 10:55:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 0.1%
U.S. FRB - Industrial production edged down 0.1 percent in March after edging up 0.1 percent in February; for the first quarter as a whole, the index slipped 0.3 percent at an annual rate.
2019, April, 17, 10:50:00
ABU DHABI'S GDP UP 14.4%
Abu Dhabi's Gross Domestic Product, GDP, at current prices, increased by 14.4%, from AED 813.6 billion in 2017 to AED 931.0 billion in 2018, according to Statistics Centre
2019, April, 17, 10:45:00
ARAMCO, HYUNDAI INVESTMENT $1.25 BLN
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings today announced that they have reached an agreement for Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company B.V (AOC), to purchase a 17 percent stake in South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank, a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings.
2019, April, 15, 12:05:00
CHINA'S OIL INVESTMENT $74 BLN
China’s three state-owned oil companies are boosting domestic and overseas investment with the aim of increasing crude oil and natural gas output.
2019, April, 15, 12:00:00
UKRAINE'S DEBT UP TO $78 BLN
In absolute terms, the cumulative national debt of Ukraine in 2018 increased by 1.3%, to UAH 2.169 trillion, and in U.S. dollar terms by 2.5%, to $78.32 billion.
2019, April, 15, 11:55:00
CHEVRON BUYS ANADARKO FOR $50 BLN
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko in a stock and cash transaction valued at $33 billion, or $65 per share. Based on Chevron’s closing price on April 11th, 2019 and under the terms of the agreement, Anadarko shareholders will receive 0.3869 shares of Chevron and $16.25 in cash for each Anadarko share. The total enterprise value of the transaction is $50 billion.
2019, April, 15, 11:50:00
UKRAINE NEED RUSSIA'S GAS
Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev has called on gas market players in Ukraine to create gas reserve stocks in the conditions of a threat of termination of contracts with Russia's Gazprom from January 1, 2020.
2019, April, 15, 11:45:00
RUSSIA - QATAR COOPERATION
The Qatari-Russian Business Council has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Qatar and Russia on co-operation, investment and information exchange during its regular meeting held in Moscow.
2019, April, 12, 11:35:00
GLOBAL ECONOMY CHANGES
With this weakness expected to persist into the first half of 2019, our new World Economic Outlook (WEO) projects a slowdown in growth in 2019 for 70 percent of the world economy. Global growth softened to 3.6 percent in 2018 and is projected to decline further to 3.3 percent in 2019.
2019, April, 12, 11:30:00
INDIA'S ECONOMY SLOWDOWN
India is witnessing a listless growth in electricity demand, possibly signalling more slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy.
2019, April, 12, 11:05:00
SHELL SELLS MEXICO $965 MLN
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, signed an agreement yesterday to sell its 22.45% non-operated interest in the Caesar-Tonga asset in the US Gulf of Mexico to Delek CT Investment LLC, a subsidiary of Delek Group Ltd (Delek). The total consideration for this deal is $965 million in cash.
2019, April, 10, 10:50:00
ARAMCO SELLS $12 BLN
REUTERS - Saudi Aramco is set to raise $12 billion with its first international bond issue after receiving more than $100 billion in orders, a record breaking vote of market confidence for the oil giant which has faced investor concerns about government influence over the company.
2019, April, 10, 10:40:00
U.S. SHALE OIL JOBS CUTS
Having slashed spending plans and run out of willing buyers for assets, some U.S. shale producers are turning to workforce cuts as investors step up demands for returns.
