February 2016

LNG cannot reach every corner of Europe: there may be a lot of under-used capacity in import terminals in the Iberian peninsula but these are not useful for security of supply in mainland Europe except where they have reloading facilities. There is very little transport capacity overland into France.

Total imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Japan, South Korea, and China, the three largest global LNG importers, all located in North Asia, declined by an average of 1.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) (5%) in 2015.

India's oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq hit the highest in more than a decade last month as OPEC's top producers gained at the expense of Latin American crudes, a validation of the OPEC policy of maintaining output and fighting for market share.

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar conditionally agreed to cap their output at last month’s levels in order to halt a slide that has pushed oil prices to their lowest point in more than a decade. Oil prices recently plummeted below $30 a barrel, the lowest in 13 years.

В г. Тариха прошла рабочая встреча Алексея Миллера и Президента Многонационального государства Боливия Эво Моралеса. Стороны обсудили широкий круг вопросов текущего и перспективного взаимодействия в энергетической сфере. Было отмечено, что сотрудничество носит стратегический характер и рассчитано на долгосрочную перспективу.

Коэффициент замещения доказанных запасов углеводородов по классификации SEC составил 124%. По итогам 2015 года обеспеченность ОАО «НК «Роснефть» доказанными запасами углеводородов по классификации SEC составила 19 лет.

Oil prices fell 4 percent on Friday, with Brent down a third straight week, as record high U.S. crude stockpiles intensified worries that a plan to freeze world output will do little or nothing to reduce massive oil supplies already in the market.

U.S. Rig Count is down 27 rigs from last week to 514, with oil rigs down 26 to 413, and gas rigs down 1 to 101. Canadian Rig Count is down 16 rigs from last week to 206, with oil rigs down 9 to 109, and gas rigs down 7 to 97.

Состоялась встреча Министра энергетики Российской Федерации Александра Новака с представителями трех стран ОПЕК - Министром нефти и минеральных ресурсов Саудовской Аравии Али аль-Наими, Министром нефти Катара Мохаммедом аль-Садом и Министром нефтяной и горнорудной промышленности Венесуэлы Эулохио дель Пино.

Oil giant Rosneft is interested in the privatization of Saudi Arabia’s national petroleum company Saudi Aramco, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin who made the statement at the International Petroleum Week forum in London.