August 2020
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2020, August, 10, 11:00:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 43 TO 1,030
The worldwide rig count for July 2020 was 1,030, down 43 from the 1,073 counted in June 2020,
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2020, August, 10, 10:55:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 4 TO 247
U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week at 247, Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 47
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2020, August, 7, 13:55:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $45 YET
Brent fell 31 cents, or 0.7%, to $44.78, WTI slipped 39 cents, or 0.9%, to $41.56.
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2020, August, 7, 13:50:00
CHANGES IN RUSSIA'S STRATEGY
Europe’s headlong rush to replace natural gas with clean hydrogen has prompted a strategic rethink at Gazprom, Russia’s state gas company that holds the monopoly over Russian pipeline gas exports.
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2020, August, 7, 13:45:00
GERMANY'S ENERGY WITHOUT COAL
The phase-out of coal-fired power generation in Germany is to be completed by 2038 at the latest
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2020, August, 7, 13:40:00
ФНБ РОССИИ $176,6 МЛРД.
По состоянию на 1 августа 2020 г. объем ФНБ составил 12 958 678,3 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 176 637,1 млн. долл. США,
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2020, August, 7, 13:35:00
CHINA OIL IMPORTS DOWN
China's crude oil imports fell 6.7% to 12.13 million b/d in July from a record high 12.99 million b/d in June
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2020, August, 7, 13:25:00
WIND ENERGY CHALLENGES
Many scientists and engineers expect wind turbines to generate at least half of our power by 2050.
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2020, August, 7, 13:20:00
IBERDROLA BOUGHT RENEWABLE INFIGEN
Spanish energy group Iberdrola has taken over Australian renewable producer Infigen Energy