TRANSOCEAN BUYS OCEAN: $2.7 BLN
ИНТЕРФАКС-УКРАИНА - Дефицит платежного баланса Украины в июле 2018 года составил $170 млн, что 40,4% лучше показателя июля-2017, сообщил Национальный банк Украины.
Благодаря профицитным февралю и апрелю-июню в целом за 7 месяцев текущего года платежный баланс страны был сведен с профицитом $137 млн, что в 5,6 раза меньше, чем за аналогичный период 2017 года.
По данным НБУ, дефицит текущего счета в июле 2018 года составил $1,1 млрд, что в 8,8 раза превышает показатель июня-2018 и в 2,7 раза – июля-2017.
"Прежде всего это связано со значительными темпами роста объемов импорта товаров по сравнению с объемами экспорта", – поясняет центробанк.
Согласно его данным, экспорт товаров в июле этого года вырос к июлю прошлого года на 12,6% – до $3,29 млрд, тогда как импорт – на 24,9%, до $5,02 млрд. Рост экспорта услуг составил 9,9% – до $1,37 млрд, тогда как импорта – 10,6%, до $3,58 млрд.
"Общий рост экспорта товаров сдерживался логистическими проблемами в Азовском море, в результате чего рост экспорта металлургической продукции замедлился (до 19,9% г/г)", – указал Нацбанк.
Опережающий рост импорта регулятор объяснил высоким потребительским и инвестиционным спросом, на фоне которого существенно увеличились закупки продукции машиностроения (16% г/г), продовольственных товаров (30,8% г/г) и промышленных изделий (28,1%). "Также высокими темпами продолжался рост энергетического импорта. Из-за продолжающегося роста мировых цен на нефть и природный газ стоимостные объемы импорта энергоносителей выросли на 32,6%", – добавил НБУ.
В целом за семь месяцев экспорт товаров вырос на 11,8% – до $24,5 млрд, тогда как импорт – на 15,6%, до $30,51 млрд, экспорт услуг – на 10,1%, до $8,59 млрд, импорт – на 8,3%, до $8,09 млрд.
В результате за январь-июль 2018 года дефицит текущего счета возрос в 2,7 раза к аналогичному периоду 2017 года – до $1,72 млрд.
Чистый приток капитала по финансовому счету в июле-2018 подскочил до 0,9 млрд с $0,15 млрд в предыдущем месяце и $0,11 млрд в июле-2017. Нацбанк указывает, что он был обеспечен операциями частного сектора, тогда как чистые внешние обязательства госсектора сократились на $0,1 млрд преимущественно из-за операций правительства с ОВГЗ. "Чистые поступления реального сектора ($1,1 млрд) были обеспечены, в основном, за счет долговых инструментов - торговых и долгосрочных кредитов", – указывает регулятор.
По его данным, прямые иностранные инвестиции (ПИИ) в июле 2018 года по сравнению с июнем, когда две трети ПИИ пришлись на переоформление долга банковского сектора в уставный капитал, сократились в 3,3 раза – до $142 млн.
В целом за 7 месяцев 2018 года ПИИ составили $1,32 млрд, из которых почти треть – капитализация долга банковского сектора.
В целом за январь-июль текущего года чистый приток средств по финансовому счету составил $1,82 млрд, что на 26,6% больше показателя января-июля прошлого года.
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TRANSOCEAN BUYS OCEAN: $2.7 BLN
REUTERS - Offshore oil driller Transocean Ltd said on Tuesday it would buy peer Ocean Rig UDW Inc in a $2.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, its second major acquisition this year as the company bets on a recovery in the offshore sector.
The acquisition signals new optimism for offshore drillers, which were hit hard by the steep plunge in oil prices from 2014. Offshore projects, which are more costly than onshore work and take years to develop, became less attractive after oil prices fell to below $30 a barrel in 2016.
Global crude prices have since recovered to above $70, renewing producer interest in offshore basins around the world, including Brazil and the U.S. and Mexican Gulf of Mexico.
The deal would provide Switzerland-based Transocean with nine ultra-deepwater drillships and two semisubmersibles, the company said. Annual cost savings are projected to be about $70 million.
"The combination of constructive and stable oil prices over the last several quarters, streamlined offshore project costs, and undeniable reserve replacement challenges has driven a material increase in offshore contracting activity," said Transocean Chief Executive Jeremy Thigpen.
Ocean Rig shares were up 11.7 percent at $30.24, after climbing roughly 13 percent, while Transocean's U.S.-listed shares fell 6.5 percent to $11.33 at mid-morning.
Transocean earlier this year acquired Norwegian rig firm Songa Offshore in a $1.1 billion deal.
"We see strong contract opportunities emerging across the globe for the combined fleet (particularly in Brazil)," analysts at Tudor Pickering & Holt Co wrote in a note on Tuesday.
Majors, including Norway's Equinor, Chevron Corp and BP, won bids for offshore blocks in Brazil, which hold billions of barrels of oil.
Elsewhere, Exxon Mobil Corp said last month it had begun offshore exploration drilling off Australia's southeast coast, while also pursuing finds at its offshore Guyana discovery.
"The announcement is not a surprise. Industry consolidation is necessary to get these premium assets back to work over the next two to three years," Leslie Cook, an analyst with Wood Mackenzie, said in a note.
She added that, "as rates begin to float back up, the need to keep drilling costs down will drive demand for these newer rigs."
Transocean will pay 1.6128 newly issued shares and $12.75 in cash for each share of Ocean Rig's common stock for an implied value of $32.28 per Ocean Rig share, which represents a premium of 19.2 percent to the stock's close on Friday.
Upon completion, Transocean shareholders will own about 79 percent of the combined company, while Ocean Rig shareholders will hold the remaining 21 percent.
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2016, May, 5, 18:30:00
ZUG, SWITZERLAND-May 4, 2016-Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) today reported net income attributable to controlling interest of $249 million, $0.68 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2016. First quarter 2016 results included net unfavorable items of $5 million, $0.01 per diluted share, as follows: $4 million, $0.01 per diluted share, in restructuring costs associated with employee severance; and $2 million related to the loss on impairment of the midwater floater Transocean John Shaw, which the company has identified for recycling.
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2015, November, 12, 19:35:00
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) reported net income attributable to controlling interest of $321 million, $0.88 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2015. Third quarter 2015 results included net favorable items of $5 million, $0.01 per diluted share, as follows: - $8 million, $0.02 per diluted share, in discrete tax benefits; - $7 million, $0.02 per diluted share, in net gains on early debt retirements; and - $5 million associated with discontinued operations and asset disposal gains.
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2014, November, 9, 13:20:00
Transocean Ltd. (RIG), owner of the biggest fleet of deep-water drilling rigs, is feeling the effect of an industrywide glut in the expensive vessels just as crude-oil prices tumble.
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2014, May, 7, 18:05:00
Transocean Ltd to Spin Off 8 Drilling Rigs Into New Company
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2014, February, 27, 16:38:00
Transocean published their results 2013.
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