2015
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2015, June, 7, 19:20:00
IMF BUYS GREECE
If Greece withdraws from the Turkish Stream project, which is planned to transfer Russian natural gas to Europe via the Turkish-Greek border, the U.S. will expect the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reward Greece
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2015, June, 7, 19:15:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 7
U.S. Rig Count is down 7 rigs from last week to 868, with oil rigs down 4 to 642, gas rigs down 3 to 222, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 4.
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2015, June, 7, 19:10:00
IRAN & RUSSIA OIL
Russia will begin importing Iranian oil under a long-heralded oil-for-goods barter arrangement in the coming week, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying, more than a year after negotiations began.
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2015, June, 5, 19:00:00
U.S.: MORE EFFICIENT 65%
Compared with 2014, IHS expects investment capital in US shale oil plays to be 65% more efficient at the start of 2016 than the start of 2015 due to compounding productivity and cost cuts
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2015, June, 5, 18:55:00
TEXAS OIL & GAS DOWN 40%
The outlook in the Texas oil and gas sector remains negative as most companies expect low capital spending in 2016, the Dallas Federal Reserve said.
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2015, June, 5, 18:50:00
THE NEXT GAS PIPELINE
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow and proposed a plan that would transfer gas from the Turkish border through Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia, thereby bypassing Greece.
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2015, June, 4, 19:00:00
GAS MARKET 2015 - 2020
Falling oil prices have resulted in much lower gas prices in many parts of the word. As a result, gas demand is enjoying the tailwind of substantial price drops while the upstream sector is suffering amid large capital expenditure cuts.
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2015, June, 4, 18:55:00
EUROPE GAS DEMAND
Examining the essential gas transmission infrastructure projects in Europe alone - without taking into account the upstream sector – according to the European Commission, investments of at least 70 billion EUR are required by 2020, while EU funding will provide €4.7 billion for both gas and electricity PCIs between 2014 and 2020, subject to final approval of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (in 2015).
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2015, June, 4, 18:50:00
RUSSIAN GAS FOR EVERYONE
Russia is still likely to be Europe's biggest supplier of gas. Volume-wise, no one will be able to compete with Russia in Europe, at least for the next two decades.
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2015, June, 4, 18:45:00
RUSSIA & CHINA: TO 100 BLN
The volume of gas supply via the western route might be boosted to 60 and to 100 billion cubic meters of gas a year.