2016
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2016, April, 5, 18:45:00
CHINA'S ENERGY SECURITY
Gas shall play a more important role, with more shares in the total Chinese primary energy mix. And, the Chinese natural gas market is at a turning point, as indicated by many experts at Gastech 2015’s conference. The Chinese gas industry is facing many challenges also because of gas demand contraction due to the new normal Chinese economy. In the previous 10-15 years, we had double digit gas demand growth, but in 2014-2015 it was only single digits. Last year it was only 8.6%. This year, in the last 3 quarters, the growth was only 2.7%.
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2016, April, 5, 18:40:00
ПОЗИТИВНЫЙ СЕВЕРНЫЙ ПОТОК
Обсуждая вопросы текущей деятельности компании в России, участники встречи отметили позитивное сотрудничество во всех сферах, в том числе в нефтегазовой отрасли. "Северный поток-2, являясь коммерческим проектом, направлен на повышение надежности энергоснабжения Европы и обеспечение дополнительных поставок газа.
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2016, April, 5, 18:35:00
SINO-RUSSIAN COOPERATION
The prospect of Sino-Russian gas cooperation could be very broad and more importantly decades of negotiation, joint projects and interactions have laid the foundation for future cooperation.
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2016, April, 5, 18:30:00
U.S. DEFICIT UP 13.1%
Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $10.8 billion, or 13.1 percent, from
the same period in 2015. Exports decreased $20.5 billion or 5.5 percent. Imports decreased
$9.7 billion or 2.1 percent.
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2016, April, 5, 18:25:00
MEXICO'S RESERVES DOWN 21%
Mexico's proven oil and gas reserves dropped 21.3 percent in 2015, the oil regulator said on Thursday, as the state-run oil company, Pemex, cut back on investment because of plunging crude prices.
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2016, April, 5, 18:20:00
PRICES WILL BE VOLATILE
Prices, which have swung between highs of about $42 a barrel and lows of about $27 this year, will continue to be volatile in the short term, Al Jaber said in an interview with Abu Dhabi dailies The National and Al Ittihad.
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2016, April, 5, 18:15:00
IRAN WILL CONTINUE
OPEC secondary sources put Iran's current output at 2.93 million barrels per day (bpd). It is working to regain market share, particularly in Europe, after the lifting of international sanctions in January. The sanctions had cut crude exports from a peak of 2.5 million bpd before 2011 to just over 1 million bpd in recent years.
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2016, April, 5, 18:10:00
PETROBRAS CUTS 12,000 JOBS
Brazil’s troubled state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA on Friday announced a beefed up voluntary layoff program that could affect up to 12,000 jobs amid intense efforts to cut costs.
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2016, April, 5, 18:05:00
KCA DEUTAG SOLD
Leading global drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, today announces that it has sold its jack-up drilling unit, the Ben Loyal to Egyptian headquartered Advanced Energy Systems A.D.E.S. SAE for an undisclosed sum.
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2016, April, 5, 18:00:00
LUKOIL NET INCOME DOWN 26%
In 2015, LUKOIL Group total hydrocarbon production increased by 2.8 % y-o-y and reached 2.379 million boe per day. Crude oil production* increased by 3.6 % y-o-y to 100.7 million tons.