October 2015

Swiss chemicals giant Ineos has bought its first British North Sea gas fields from Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment fund LetterOne, outlining plans to further expand its energy resources to supports its petrochemical business.

«Роснефть» в составе совместного предприятия Петромиранда (СП с PDVSA и ОАО «Газпром нефть») пробурила на проекте Хунин-6 рекордную горизонтальную скважину GG1-14. Ее уникальной особенностью является малая глубина залегания продуктивного пласта, она составляет всего 1140 футов (около 347 м). Общая длина скважины при этом составляет 6059 футов (около 1847 м).

В третьем квартале 2015 года товарная добыча составила 17,06 млрд куб. м природного газа и 2 346 тыс. тонн жидких углеводородов (газовый конденсат и нефть). По сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2014 года добыча природного газа выросла на 1,86 млрд куб. м или на 12,2%, добыча жидких углеводородов увеличилась на 813 тыс. тонн или на 53,0%.

The probability that the world's biggest economy will enter a recession in the next 12 months jumped to 15 percent, its highest level since October 2013, according to economists surveyed Oct. 2-7 by Bloomberg. The median had held at 10 percent for 13 consecutive months.

The US is poised to sail warships close to China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea as a signal to Beijing that Washington does not recognise Chinese territorial claims over the area.

EIA estimates that total U.S. crude oil production declined by 120,000 barrels per day (b/d) in September compared with August. Crude oil production is forecast to decrease through mid-2016 before growth resumes late in 2016. Projected U.S. crude oil production averages 9.2 million b/d in 2015 and 8.9 million b/d in 2016.

U.S. Rig Count is down 14 rigs from last week to 795, with oil rigs down 9 to 605, gas rigs down 6 to 189, and miscellaneous rigs up 1 to 1.

Eurasia Drilling’s top shareholders and management have proposed taking the oil services company private, after Schlumberger walked away from making a $1.7bn investment following resistance from Russian regulators.

Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom became the latest emerging-market borrower to sell debt to international investors, taking advantage of growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates.

Saudi Arabia’s policy has resulted in about $220 billion worth of investment cuts worldwide, much of which is a result of project deferrals, including deepwater projects off West Africa and in the Gulf of Mexico.