2016
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2016, August, 24, 18:40:00
ИРАН МОЖЕТ ПОДДЕРЖАТЬ
Третий крупнейший производитель нефти в ОПЕК начал наращивать добычу после снятия западных санкций в январе. Тегеран отказался присоединиться к предпринятой ранее в этом году попытке стран-членов ОПЕК и не входящих в организацию государств, таких как Россия, стабилизировать производство. Переговоры в апреле закончились неудачей.
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2016, August, 24, 18:35:00
PETROCHINA NET INCOME DOWN 98%
Net income dropped 98 percent to 531 million yuan ($80 million), the state-run explorer said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. Revenue fell 15.8 percent to 739 billion yuan. The sale of a Central Asian pipeline network helped the company eke out a profit and recover from its first-ever quarterly loss earlier this year.
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2016, August, 24, 18:30:00
ЗАПАДНЫЕ САНКЦИИ ДЛЯ ГАЗПРОМА
Западные санкции не оказали существенного воздействия на работу «Газпрома», в том числе в части исполнения, пролонгации действующих и заключения новых контрактов с иностранными контрагентами на поставку газа, и не имеют критического значения для текущей деятельности компании.
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2016, August, 23, 18:45:00
CHINA'S GAS FUTURE
In the year through June, China's gas consumption rose 9.8 percent to 99.5 bcm, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) reported. Production edged up 2.9 percent to 67.5 bcm, while imports jumped 21.2 percent to 35.6 bcm, the top planning agency said.
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2016, August, 23, 18:40:00
SAUDI NEED COOPERATION
Saudi Arabia has traditionally accounted for most of the crude imports by Asia, the world's biggest oil-consuming region.
But recently OPEC's top producer has lost ground in a number of major markets including Russia and China, and faces a further threat from Iran, which is ramping up exports after the removal of Western sanctions.
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2016, August, 23, 18:35:00
OIL PRICES: ABOUT $49
International Brent crude oil futures were trading at $48.86 per barrel at 0644 GMT (0244 ET), down 30 cents, or 0.61 percent, from their last close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down 40 cents, or 0.84 percent, at $47.01 per barrel.
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2016, August, 23, 18:30:00
AUSTRALIAN LOOSES
Amid all the gloom inflicted by adverse market conditions, intense focus on efficiency improvement emerges as a bright underlying theme. With oil prices now $50./b after hitting a low of $27 a barrel in January, the expectation is that some stability may finally be returning to the market. Higher oil price is certainly a positive for producers.
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2016, August, 22, 18:50:00
OIL PRICES: $49.39
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $49.39 per barrel at 1028 GMT, down $1.49 from their last close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Clc1 was down $1.27 at $47.25 a barrel.
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2016, August, 22, 18:45:00
NERVOUS OIL PRICES
This summer the U.S. oil price has whipsawed from more than $50 a barrel in June to below $40 earlier this month. In the past two weeks it has risen more than 20%, to a recent $48.22 a barrel.
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2016, August, 22, 18:40:00
CHINA'S FUEL EXPORTS UP
Customs data showed on Monday that diesel exports rose 181.8 percent to a record 1.53 million tonnes, almost tripling China's average monthly export volume in 2015.