2018
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2018, February, 27, 13:55:00
U.S. OIL PRIODUCTION UP TO 10.2 MBD
API - U.S. crude production rose to 10.2 million barrels per day (MBD) in January – the highest monthly output on record, according to API’s monthly statistical report. This was an increase of 1.1 percent versus December and 15.1 percent from January 2017.
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2018, February, 27, 13:50:00
U.S. - CHINA OIL RECORD
PLATTS - China's crude oil imports from the US hit a new record high at 2.01 million mt or 474,450 b/d in January, General Administration of Customs data showed Monday.
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2018, February, 27, 13:45:00
GLOBAL LNG DEMAND UP TO 293 MT
NPD - Preliminary production figures for January 2018 show an average daily production of 2 019 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 89 000 barrels per day compared to December.
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2018, February, 27, 13:40:00
CHINA'S LNG IMPORTS UP BY 46%
EIA - China surpassed South Korea to become the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2017, according to data from IHS Markit and official Chinese government statistics. Chinese imports of LNG averaged 5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2017, exceeded only by Japanese imports of 11 Bcf/d. Imports of LNG by China, driven by government policies designed to reduce air pollution, increased by 1.6 Bcf/d (46%) in 2017, with monthly imports reaching 7.8 Bcf/d in December.
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2018, February, 27, 13:35:00
РУССКИЙ ГАЗ ДЛЯ ПАКИСТАНА
ГАЗПРОМ - была рассмотрена возможность поставок СПГ из портфеля Группы «Газпром» в Пакистан, а также взаимодействия в области разведки и добычи углеводородов на территории республики.
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2018, February, 27, 13:35:00
U.S. SANCTIONS FOR IRAN
PLATTS - The Trump administration will not certify the Iran nuclear deal, US Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday, increasing the likelihood of re-imposition of US sanctions on international sales of Iranian crude.
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2018, February, 27, 13:30:00
THE LOWEST U.S. URANIUM
EIA - U.S. uranium concentrate production totaled 2.44 million pounds in 2017, down 16% from 2016 and the lowest annual total since 2.28 million pounds of uranium concentrate was produced in 2004. Domestic concentrate production peaked at 43.7 million pounds in 1980 but has remained lower than 5 million pounds annually since 1997.
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2018, February, 27, 13:25:00
U.S. - N.KOREA SANCTIONS
U.S. DT - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the largest North Korea-related sanctions tranche to date, aimed at disrupting North Korean shipping and trading companies and vessels to further isolate the regime and advance the U.S. maximum pressure campaign.
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2018, February, 27, 13:20:00
NORWEGIAN VOLATILITY
REUTERS - “We have to expect significant swings in coming years ... We have to expect value swings of more than 900 billion crowns ($114.93 billion),” Yngve Slyngstad told a news conference.
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2018, February, 27, 13:15:00
NORWAY'S OIL UP 89 TBD
NPD - Preliminary production figures for January 2018 show an average daily production of 2 019 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 89 000 barrels per day compared to December.