2015

«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.

The fund’s half-yearly fiscal monitor report shows that in the past three years a hefty budget surplus in Saudi Arabia has been turned into a deficit of more than 20% of GDP – double the shortfalls seen in the UK and the US during the worst of the global slump of 2008-09.