2016

U.S. Rig Count is down 271 rigs from last year's count of 795, with oil rigs down 177, gas rigs down 95, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is down 15 rigs from last year's count of 180, with oil rigs up 13, and gas rigs down 28.

Brent LCOc1 traded at $52.11 at 1000 GMT, 40 cents down, after touching $52.84 earlier, two cents below the 2016 high. U.S. oil futures traded as high as $50.74 a barrel, a three and a half month high, before falling by 30 cents to $50.14 a barrel. On Thursday they settled at $50.44 per barrel - the first settlement above $50 since June 23.

Last week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut between 200,000 barrels a day and 700,000 barrels a day of their output to reduce a global oil glut. The 14-nation oil-producing group controls over a third of the world’s oil production, but said it also wanted non-OPEC producers to join the effort to curb output.

Britain is estimated to have substantial amounts of shale gas trapped in underground rocks and the government wants to exploit it to help offset declining North Sea oil and gas output. It said the shale gas industry could create 64,000 jobs and help economic growth.

The court judgment released on Wednesday found that the companies owed nearly 484 billion CFA francs in royalties to the Chadian government. It did not explain why the penalties amounted to more than 90 times that amount.

If Nigeria and Libya restore production, the kingdom may need to cut twice as much. U.S. shale drillers also stand ready to fill any supply gap.

Привлечение стратегических инвесторов позволит придать дополнительный импульс развитию проекта по разработке одного из крупнейших в Восточной Сибири Среднеботуобинского нефтегазоконденсатного месторождения, на котором в настоящее время добывается порядка 22 тыс. баррелей нефти в день. Партнеры в рамках совместного проекта планируют создание инфраструктуры для дальнейшей разведки и освоения запасов региона.

Завершившаяся сделка является знаковой для компаний и знаменует переход на новый уровень сотрудничества в российско-индийских отношениях в энергетической отрасли. Индийские компании получают значительную долю в одном из самых масштабных проектов «Роснефти» за последнее десятилетие, в то время как «Роснефть» сохраняет за собой 61,1% акций в проекте.

С целью реализации проекта строительства нефтеперерабатывающего и нефтехимического комплекса Tuban в восточной части острова Ява (Индонезия) «Роснефть» и Pertamina подписали Соглашение о создании совместного предприятия (СП).

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that the goods and services deficit was $40.7 billion in August, up $1.2 billion from $39.5 billion in July, revised. August exports were $187.9 billion, $1.5 billion more than July exports. August imports were $228.6 billion, $2.6 billion more than July imports.