Finance
2018, June, 1, 09:30:00
UKRAINE WANTS GAZPROM'S MONEY
REUTERS - Ukraine’s state energy group Naftogaz said it has asked Swiss courts to enforce a ruling that it receive $2.6 billion from Russian giant Gazprom after a long-running legal battle.
2018, June, 1, 09:20:00
РОССЕТИ БОЛЬШЕ НА 39,4%
РОССЕТИ - Чистая прибыль группы «Россети» в первые три месяца 2018 года составила 32,9 млрд руб., что на 39,4 % больше, чем за аналогичный период прошлого года. При этом выручка составила 260,3 млрд рублей против 230,6 млрд рублей в январе – марте 2017 года.
2018, June, 1, 09:10:00
U.S. GDP UP 2.2%
BEA - Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2017, real GDP increased 2.9 percent.
2018, June, 1, 09:00:00
PETRONAS BUYS LNG CANADA
REUTERS - Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd [PETR.UL] said on Thursday it is buying a 25 percent stake in a Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, nearly a year after cancelling its own planned terminal.
2018, May, 30, 14:00:00
UNDERINVESTMENT GLOBAL OIL
REUTERS - The global oil industry should ramp up investment to ensure it can cope with future consumption growth and avoid supply shortages, OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo told a conference in Baku.
2018, May, 30, 13:55:00
GLOBAL INVESTMENT UP, DEBT DOWN
EIA - Financial Review of the Global Oil and Natural Gas Industry: 2017
- Brent crude oil daily average prices were $54.75 per barrel in 2017—21% higher than 2016 levels
- Excluding proved reserve acquisitions, upstream costs incurred increased from 2016 levels but remained lower than 2008–15 levels
- Proved reserves additions in 2017 approached the highest levels in the 2008–17 period
- Finding plus lifting costs fell to $29 dollars per barrel of oil equivalent in 2017, the lowest level in the 2008–17 period
- The energy companies reduced debt in 2017, the first year in the 2008–17 period
- Refiners with global refining assets reduced distillation capacity for the eighth consecutive year
2018, May, 30, 13:35:00
GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH 3.9%
IMF - We expect growth to stay strong this year and next—at 3.9 percent. This is being driven by stronger investment and a rebound in trade. Once again, the momentum is broad-based, encompassing the United States, Europe, Japan, China, Russia, and many other emerging market and developing countries.
2018, May, 30, 13:30:00
CHINA'S ECONOMY GROWTH 6.6%
IMF - China’s economic growth accelerated in 2017 and is expected to weaken only slightly in 2018 to 6.6 percent and moderate gradually to about 5½ percent by 2023.
2018, May, 30, 13:25:00
BRAZIL'S ECONOMY GROWTH 2%
IMF - The fiscal stance is also supportive with the primary deficit projected to widen from 1.7 to 2.4 percent of GDP in 2018, as implied by the budget. GDP growth is projected to accelerate from 1 percent in 2017 to about 2 percent in 2018, driven by private consumption and investment.
2018, May, 30, 13:20:00
LUKOIL'S PROFIT UP 75%
LUKOIL - Profit attributable to PJSC "LUKOIL" shareholders was RUB 109.1 bln, up 75.0% year-on-year. Profit growth was mainly driven by significant negative non-cash foreign exchange effect in the first quarter of 2017. Excluding this factor, profit attributable to PJSC "LUKOIL" shareholders increased by 13.5%.
2018, May, 25, 10:45:00
САНКЦИЙ БУДЕТ БОЛЬШЕ
МИНФИН РОССИИ - Сейчас мы, к сожалению, видим обратные процессы – когда процесс введения ограничений, санкций сначала для одной, для другой страны, потом захватывает все больший и больший периметр, захватывает мировые экономики. Теперь мы видим, что санкции могут распространяться и на союзников.
2018, May, 25, 08:35:00
САНКЦИЙ БУДЕТ БОЛЬШЕ
Российская Федерация, несмотря на все ограничения, которые сейчас вводятся, принимает меры по реагированию. Эти санкции способствовали даже более активному проведению реформ в России. Здесь и свободное курсообразование, и более жесткая бюджетная политика, целый ряд структурных реформ как метод реагирования на санкции.
2018, May, 23, 10:45:00
HARD OIL MARKET
FT - Most oil majors can now cover dividends and capital expenditure at prices around $50 per barrel, meaning that, at $80, they make a healthy surplus.
2018, May, 23, 10:25:00
RUSSIA'S ECONOMY RECOVERY
REUTERS - Retail sales, the key gauge for consumer demand, the primary driver of economic growth, were up 2.4 percent year-on-year in April after a 2.0 percent rise in the year to March. Capital investment, the next most important driver, was up 3.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter after increasing 1.4 percent in the same period a year earlier.
2018, May, 23, 10:15:00
NO OIL FUTURE 2040
BLOOMBERG - Natural gas will probably emerge as the main fossil fuel “winner” as it balances renewables in power generation and is used as a substitute for oil in petrochemicals. Long-term gas demand is set to increase by 15 percent, or by 750 billion cubic meters, compared to business as usual,