2016
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2016, January, 19, 20:15:00
OIL INVESTMENT'S COLLAPSE
The impact is not confined to the United States. Oil and gas projects around the world worth $380 billion have been postponed or canceled since 2014.
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2016, January, 19, 20:10:00
OPEC SEES MORE
Demand for OPEC's oil will rise to an average 31.65 million b/d in 2016, from 29.90 million b/d in 2015, the producer group said in its latest monthly report.
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2016, January, 19, 20:05:00
PRICES TAKES SOME TIME
“I am optimistic about the future, the return of stability to the global oil markets, the improvement of prices and the cooperation among the major producing countries,” al-Naimi said. “Market forces as well as the cooperation among producing nations always lead to the restoration of stability. This, however, takes some time.”
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2016, January, 19, 20:00:00
GAS PRICES WILL UP
Although analysts are making cautious predictions in the short term, the EIA also indicates that prices in 2017 may be as high as $3.22/MMBtu, representing a major leap in prices for next year.
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2016, January, 17, 15:30:00
OIL PRICES: ABOVE $31
US light, sweet crude oil prices for February delivery gained modestly on the New York market Jan. 14, closing at above $31/bbl while Brent prices on the London market closed just above $31/bbl within days of both benchmarks briefly dipping under $30/bbl.
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2016, January, 17, 15:25:00
IRAQ OIL: 3.3 MBD
Iraq's exports from its southern region have been running at an average daily rate of 3.297 million barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, higher than December's average and unaffected by tribal clashes, an oil company executive said on Saturday.
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2016, January, 17, 15:20:00
OIL MARKET BALANCE
The country's energy minister, who said in December that the global oil market could return to a balance by the end of 2016, as long as producers do not raise output from current levels, said on Thursday this may not now happen until early 2017.
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2016, January, 17, 15:15:00
CANADA'S LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS
"We're playing close attention to the price of oil, and of course that has an important impact on the Canadian dollar, which we're also paying close attention to. In that context, we know that it's doubly important that we think about how we can make investments that have an impact on the economy ... and also think about how we can improve our long-term effectiveness as a country and to increase our long-term rate of growth."
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2016, January, 17, 15:10:00
ROSNEFT INCREASES SHAREHOLDING
Russia’s OJSC Rosneft has entered a deal with BP PLC to dissolve their Ruhr Oel GMBH (ROG) joint venture as part of a plan by the companies to restructure their refining and petrochemical businesses in Germany.
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2016, January, 17, 15:05:00
ГАЗПРОМ ВЫРОС НА 21%
Величина прибыли, относящейся к акционерам ПАО «Газпром», составила 673 904 млн руб. за девять месяцев, закончившихся 30 сентября 2015 года, что на 117 650 млн руб., или на 21%, больше, чем за аналогичный период прошлого года.