Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) plans to deploy an MMR as a research and test reactor at or near its campus in the city of Lappeenranta in southern Finland.

The deepwater Nargis block is located off the city of Arish on the Sinai Peninsula. It is one of four offshore exploration blocks off Egypt’s coast in which the US group Chevron holds operating interests, alongside with the Egyptian oil company Tharwa Petroleum.

The deal is also intended to support Vietnam’s new target of accelerating the peaking of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 2030 (from 2035 previously) and reducing its peak annual power sector emissions by up to 30%, to 170 MtCO2eq from 240 MtCO2eq.

U.S. Rig Count is down 4 from last week to 776, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 199.

Brent fell 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $81.07 per barrel, WTI slipped 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $75.89.

The IEA predicts oil demand will rise by 2.3 million b/d in 2022 and by a further 1.7 million b/d in 2023, noting the contrast between strong gasoil and diesel use, especially in non-OECD economies, and weak petrochemical consumption in Europe and Asia.

Dutch front-month gas futures, a European benchmark, were 5% lower at €128 a megawatt-hour at 8:40 a.m. in Amsterdam.

Российский вице-премьер высоко оценил союзнический характер российско-венесуэльской координации на многосторонних площадках, в том числе в рамках ОПЕК+.

Говоря о роли России на глобальном энергетическом рынке, Павел Сорокин отметил, что эффективно переориентировать экспорт газа на другие рынки позволит расширение газопроводной инфраструктуры и развитие СПГ-проектов. По его словам, у России есть все возможности для успешной реализации СПГ-проектов, которые, в свою очередь, позволят не только придать экспорту большую гибкость, но также окажут поддержку промышленному развитию страны в целом.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 ноября 2022 года по 14 декабря 2022 года составила $57,49 за баррель, или $419,7 за тонну.

OPEC is also in protection of the $80/bbl price floor and I'd suggest to get the buys in at mid 75s to low 72s on the #CL being a value trader coming into 2023.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 394.1 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through December 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 19.6 per cent (or 96.3 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 10.2 million barrels to 424.1 million barrels.

The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent.

Brent dropped 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $80.51 per barrel, WTI fell 3 cents to $75.36.