2017

Industrial production declined 0.9 percent in August following six consecutive monthly gains. Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Gulf Coast of Texas in late August, is estimated to have reduced the rate of change in total output by roughly 3/4 percentage point. The index for manufacturing decreased 0.3 percent; storm-related effects appear to have reduced the rate of change in factory output in August about 3/4 percentage point. The manufacturing industries with the largest estimated storm-related effects were petroleum refining, organic chemicals, and plastics materials and resins.

U.S. Rig Count is up 430 rigs from last year's count of 506, with oil rigs up 333, gas rigs up 97, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1. Canada Rig Count is up 80 rigs from last year's count of 132, with oil rigs up 37, gas rigs up 44, and miscellaneous rigs down 1.

Баррель нефти марки Brent вырос к предыдущему закрытию на 1,20 процента до $55,82 .

Oil prices are expected to hold between $50 and $60 a barrel as bloated global stocks fall after a deal between OPEC and other producers to trim output, BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said on Thursday.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that world energy consumption will grow by 28% between 2015 and 2040. Most of this growth is expected to come from countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and especially in countries where demand is driven by strong economic growth, particularly in Asia. Non-OECD Asia (which includes China and India) accounts for more than 60% of the world's total increase in energy consumption from 2015 through 2040.

Emmanuel Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources, told the Financial Times that the west African nation’s energy sector was still suffering from years of violent disruptions and needed more “recovery time” before joining a supply deal agreed last year between some of the world’s biggest oil producers.

Seadrill, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling companies, filed for bankruptcy after it secured agreement from nearly all of its banks to support a plan to inject $1bn in new capital and all but wipe out existing shareholders.

В соответствии с проектом инвестиционной программы на 2017 год в новой редакции, общий объем освоения инвестиций предусмотрен на уровне 1 трлн 128,576 млрд руб., что на 217,341 млрд руб. больше по сравнению с инвестиционной программой, утвержденной в декабре 2016 года. В том числе объем капитальных вложений составит 738,538 млрд руб. (рост на 112,518 млрд руб.), расходы на приобретение в собственность ПАО «Газпром» внеоборотных активов — 11,310 млрд руб. (рост на 11,185 млрд руб.). Объем долгосрочных финансовых вложений — 378,728 млрд руб. (рост на 93,637 млрд руб.).

12 сентября было подписано мировое соглашение между Россией и компанией ExxonMobil в рамках судебного разбирательства по иску о взыскании денежных средств по соглашению о разделе продукции по проекту "Сахалин-1". Стороны достигли взаимовыгодного компромисса. От имени Российской Федерации мировое соглашение подписал Министр финансов Антон Силуанов.

Preliminary production figures for August 2017 show an average daily production of 1 918 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 41 000 barrels per day compared to July. Total gas sales were 10.4 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a decrease of 0.1 GSM3 from the previous month.