April 2020
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2020, April, 28, 14:10:00
U.S., IRAQ SANCTIONS
Iraq is heavily reliant on Iran to maintain its power supply, and even then it has significant blackouts that are exacerbated by the summer heat.
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2020, April, 28, 14:00:00
NOV VARCO NET LOSS $2 BLN
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported first quarter 2020 revenues of $1.88 billion, compared to $2.28 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019 and $1.94 billion for the first quarter of 2019.
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2020, April, 27, 12:55:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $21 ANEW
Brent was down 90 cents, or 4.2%, at $20.54 a barrel, WTI fell $2.42, or 14.3%, to $14.52 a barrel
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2020, April, 27, 12:50:00
СПРОС НА НЕФТЬ ВЫРАСТЕТ
«Большинство экспертов сходятся в том что на сегодня мы находимся на пике снижения спроса на нефть. Во втором полугодии, думаю, экономика начнет восстанавливаться и спрос будет расти»,
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2020, April, 27, 12:45:00
ASIA'S OIL MARKET UPDOWN
Volatile movement is expected even as crude futures appear to have found a floor currently, after a dramatic week that saw the NYMEX contract slip into negative territory for the first time.
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2020, April, 27, 12:40:00
U.S., OPEC+ INVESTIGATION
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission probe is focused on whether aspects of the strategy that the Russian government pursued last month with other members of the OPEC+ coalition leaked out to market participants ahead of time
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2020, April, 27, 12:35:00
U.S.$ DOWN AGAIN
The U.S. dollar was weaker against the Japanese yen and the euro
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2020, April, 27, 12:30:00
EUROPE'S SHARES UP
The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 1.5%, following gains in Asian markets after the Bank of Japan pledged to buy unlimited amount of bonds to keep borrowing costs low.
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2020, April, 27, 12:25:00
НОВЫЙ АТОМНЫЙ ЛЕДОКОЛ РОССИИ
в Мурманске и Владивостоке состоялось дистанционное подписание контракта на строительство атомного ледокола «Лидер» проекта 10510 между ФГУП «Атомфлот» и ООО «СКК «Звезда».