2016
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2016, April, 26, 20:15:00
IMF SELLS MONEY
The International Monetary Fund said it was encouraged by the efforts of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab oil exporters to repair damage to their state finances as low crude prices slash export revenues.
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2016, April, 26, 20:10:00
SAUDI VISION 2030
The project, which includes plans to float a stake in the world's largest oil company and set up one of the world's largest government investment funds, is meant to provide a blueprint for sweeping reforms to steer the OPEC kingpin sharply away from its decades-long reliance on cheap-to-produce oil.
King Salman said in a short televised announcement that the Cabinet approved the "Vision 2030" plan on Monday, and he called on Saudis to work together ensure its success.
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2016, April, 26, 20:05:00
GREATLY WORRIED WORLD
China and Japan dispute sovereignty over a group of uninhabited East China Sea islets, while in the South China Sea, Beijing is building islands on reefs to bolster its claims.
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2016, April, 26, 20:00:00
RUSSIA & ISRAEL GAS TALKS
Putin's interest in Israeli gas is neither secret nor new. In 2012 Russia's Gazprom discussed the possible purchase of a 30% stake in Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field. In 2013 Gazprom signed a contract to purchase much of the Tamar gas field's production but the contract wasn’t approved by Israel's Energy Ministry.
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2016, April, 26, 19:55:00
TURKEY GAS OPPORTUNITIES
Russia has been developing new pipeline projects such as South Stream, Turk Stream and Nord Stream 2. If one of them were to be realized then transit risk stemming from Ukraine would be severely minimized and Moscow would have important strategic leverage.
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2016, April, 26, 19:50:00
SCHLUMBERGER DOWN 63%
During the first quarter of 2016, the decline in global activity and the rate of activity disruption reached unprecedented levels as the industry displayed clear signs of operating in a full-scale cash crisis. Budgeted E&P spend fell again and substantially affected our operating results. This environment is expected to continue deteriorating over the coming quarter given the magnitude and erratic nature of the disruptions in activity.
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2016, April, 26, 19:45:00
NABORS NET LOSS $398.3 MLN
Net income (loss) from continuing operations for the quarter was a loss of $396.6 million, or ($1.41) per diluted share, compared to a loss of $161.1 million, or ($0.57) per diluted share, last quarter.
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2016, April, 26, 19:40:00
BP LOSS $583 MLN
BP’s first-quarter replacement cost (RC) loss was $485 million, compared with a profit of $2,103 million a year ago. After adjusting for a net charge for non-operating items of $778 million and net unfavourable fair value accounting effects of $239 million (both on a post-tax basis), underlying RC profit for the first quarter was $532 million, compared with $2,577 million for the same period in 2015. Cumulative restructuring charges from the beginning of the fourth quarter 2014 totalled $1.9 billion by the end of the first quarter 2016.
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2016, April, 26, 19:35:00
РОСНЕФТЬ СОКРАЩАЕТ ПЕРСОНАЛ: 20%
Роснефть» в условиях неустойчивой рыночной конъюнктуры продолжает поиск новых источников роста капитализации Компании, повышает экономическую эффективность и качество инвестиционной программы. Такая работа неизбежно коснется и деятельности центрального аппарата – здесь мы поставили себе цель – обеспечить сокращение численности на 20% от уровня 01.01.2016.
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2016, April, 26, 19:30:00
NOVATEK NEEDS $12 BLN
Russia's largest independent gas producer Novatek plans to raise further $12bn in external financing for the Yamal LNG project, said Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson.