2015

U.S. Rig Count is down 9 rigs from last week to 859, with oil rigs down 7 to 635, gas rigs down 1 to 221, and miscellaneous rigs down 1 to 3. U.S. Rig Count is down 995 rigs from last year at 1854, with oil rigs down 907, gas rigs down 89, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. The U.S. Offshore rig count is 29, up 2 rigs from last week, and down 30 rigs year over year.

According to Statistics Norway, total investments in oil and gas activity in 2016 should be NOK 184.9 billion, which is 1.4% higher than the corresponding estimate for 2015.

Iran needs $100 billion to rebuild its gas industry and has met with European energy giants as an end to decades of international sanctions looms, according to the state-run company in charge of discussions.

The expected decrease in shale oil production this summer is causing oil prices to rise. According to the Drilling Productivity report released June 8 by the Energy Information Administration, the government is calling for a 91,000 less barrels per day of shale oil in July. Oil prices seemingly rebounded after the data was released. This news comes on the heels of a decline in oil prices on June 8 due to the Chinese oil crisis concerning oversupply and less demand.

U.S crude production will dip by as many as 300,000 barrels per day until early 2016 before ramping up again, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest short-term energy outlook.

Global trade of natural gas via pipelines fell the most on record last year as Russia halted exports to Ukraine and shipments declined from the Netherlands, the European Union’s biggest producer, according to BP.

A consortium led by Norway’s Statoil discovered a gas pay zone at wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Gymir prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled about 12 miles west of the Aasta Hansteen field to prove petroleum in Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks, in the Nise formation.

The most significant development on the supply side in 2014 was undoubtedly the continuing revolution in US shale. The US recorded the largest increase in oil production in the world, becoming the first country ever to increase average annual production by at least 1 million barrels per day for three consecutive years.

ОАО «ЛУКОЙЛ» опубликовало консолидированную финансовую отчетность за 1 квартал 2015 г., подготовленную в соответствии с принципами бухгалтерского учета, общепринятыми в США (ОПБУ США). Чистая прибыль в 1 квартале 2015 г. составила 690 млн долл., что на 60,2% ниже уровня 1 квартала 2014 г. Показатель EBITDA (прибыль до вычета процентов, налога на прибыль, износа и амортизации) в 1 квартале 2015 г. снизился на 29,5% и составил 2 816 млн долл. Выручка от реализации составила 23 190 млн долл. (-35,0%). Снижение выручки, EBITDA и чистой прибыли произошло главным образом в результате снижения средней цены на нефть Urals за 1 квартал 2015 г. более чем на 50% по сравнению с 1 кварталом 2014 г.

EIA forecasts Brent crude oil prices will average $61/b in 2015 and $67/b in 2016.