Gas
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2015, September, 7, 18:55:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 13
U.S. Rig Count is down 13 rigs from last week to 864, with oil rigs down 13 to 662, gas rigs unchanged at 202, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0.
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2015, September, 7, 18:50:00
UK LOSES 5,500 JOBS
Britain's North Sea oil and gas sector has shed more than 5,000 jobs since late last year, the country's new Oil and Gas Authority said on Monday, putting an official figure on job losses resulting from a year-long decline in oil prices.
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2015, September, 4, 19:00:00
RUSSIA & CHINA COOPERATION
Russia and China continue walking hand in hand toward stronger energy cooperation, with several Russian companies - Gazprom, Rosneft and Novatek - signing documents with Chinese partners over the last hours.
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2015, September, 4, 18:40:00
BASF & GAZPROM DEAL
German chemicals group BASF and Gazprom agreed to revive a deal that collapsed in late 2014 to swap gas assets that will see BASF exit gas trading and storage and the Russian energy giant expanding into Western Europe, BASF said on Friday.
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2015, September, 3, 18:50:00
GERMANY DEFENDS GAZPROM
German Ministry of Finance informed on 30 July that the Minister Wolfgang Schäuble would like to deprive the European Commission of part of its powers in two fields, namely antitrust proceedings and, currently particularly important for Germans, enforcing compliance with the budgetary discipline by the member states.
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2015, September, 3, 18:45:00
KVAERNER & RUSSIA LNG
After winning a key platform construction contract from Statoil in June, Norway’s Kvaerner is reportedly working to enter into the LNG business with floating near-shore liquefaction barges designed for operations in the Arctic. Doing so, Kvaerner could increase its clout in Russia.
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2015, September, 1, 18:35:00
THE LARGEST UK GAS
The offshore development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for a decade has been approved by the UK Oil & Gas Authority. The Maersk Oil operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea is expected to produce enough gas to meet 5% of total UK demand at peak production in 2020/21. Culzean is also the largest gas field sanctioned since East Brae in 1990.
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2015, September, 1, 18:20:00
GAZPROM UP 50%
Profit attributable to owners of PJSC Gazprom for the six months ended June 30, 2015 totaled RUB 675,904 which is RUB 225,326 million, or 50 %, higher compared to the six months of the prior year.
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2015, August, 31, 18:55:00
ENI DISCOVERS EGYPT
Eni has made a world class supergiant gas discovery at its Zohr Prospect, in the deep waters of Egypt. The discovery could hold a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of lean gas in place covering an area of about 100 square kilometres.
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2015, August, 31, 18:50:00
SLOW UKRAINIAN GAS - 2
Ukraine has asked Russia to reduce the cost it charges the country for gas as well as write-off loans Russia has given it.
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2015, August, 31, 18:45:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 8
U.S. Rig Count is down 8 rigs from last week to 877, with oil rigs up 1 at 675, gas rigs down 9 to 202, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0.
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2015, August, 28, 18:15:00
BULGARIA'S DAMAGES
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was preparing to seek damages for the idled properties that were due to host infrastructure for the now-abandoned South Stream gas pipeline, with the government approving on August 26 the methodology for calculating such damages.
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2015, August, 27, 18:15:00
TOTAL SELLS GAS PIPELINE: $907 MLN
Aug 27 French oil major Total has agreed to sell some of its gas pipeline assets in the UK's North Sea to North Sea Midstream Partners, an affiliate of U.S.-based private equity firm ArcLight Capital, for 585 million pounds ($907 million).
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2015, August, 27, 18:10:00
SLOW UKRAINIAN GAS
Ukraine's efforts to store natural gas for winter are running 1 billion cubic metres behind their pace last year, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday.
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2015, August, 26, 18:15:00
CNOOC DOWN 56%
Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas explorer, posted a 56 percent decline in profit for the first half of this year.