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2019, June, 5, 10:20:00
VENEZUELA'S OIL DOWN AGAIN
Venezuela's exports of crude oil and refined products fell 17% in May from the previous month to 874,500 barrels per day
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2019, June, 4, 15:35:00
TURKEY WILL BUY IRAQ'S OIL
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is due to purchase crude oil from Iraq next month to process at the SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR) inaugurated in October 2018 in Izmir.
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2019, June, 4, 15:25:00
2018 OIL PRODUCTION +1.213 MBD
Total world crude oil production increased sharply in 2018 by 1.213 million barrels/day (mb/d), or 1.6%, as compared to 2017, to reach 75.78 mb/d, marking a historical high and the highest annual growth since 2015.
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2019, June, 3, 12:30:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION UP
In March 2019, for the 23rd consecutive month, dry natural gas production increased year to year for the month. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in March 2019 was 2,771 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 89.4 Bcf/d. This level was 9.2 Bcf/d (11.5%) higher than the March 2018 level of 80.2 Bcf/d.
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2019, June, 3, 12:20:00
TOTAL BUYS U.S. LNG
The transaction, among other things, will give Total control over 2.2 million mt/year of LNG to be produced by the third train at the Freeport LNG export terminal in Texas. The facility is currently preparing to begin production from its first train, after several construction- and weather-related delays hampered the project.
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2019, May, 31, 12:25:00
GAZPROM'S PROFIT UP 44%
Profit attributable to owners of PJSC Gazprom amounted to RUB 535,908 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 which is by RUB 164,285 million, or 44%, more than for the same period of the prior year.
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2019, May, 30, 17:45:00
BRAZIL'S OIL UP
Brazil has seen its exports of crude grow from 734,000 b/d in 2015 to 1.3 million b/d in Q1 of this year. In contrast, Mexico, which was once a powerhouse of oil production, has maintained its export status only through curtailment of domestic refining, not increased crude oil output.
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2019, May, 30, 17:40:00
LNG FOR AUSTRALIA
As recently as a year ago, many thought importing LNG to Australia would be irrational, but shortages are expected as soon as 2022 and there are now five import proposals on the table,
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2019, May, 30, 17:35:00
GAZPROM'S PROFIT UP
Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom increased its first-quarter net profit by 44 per cent over the previous year as higher gas prices offset lower gas export volumes.
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2019, May, 30, 17:30:00
LUKOIL'S PROFIT +36,8%
Profit attributable to shareholders totaled RUB 149.2 bln, up 36.8% year-on-year. The growth was restrained with higher DD&A due to the launch of new production facilities.
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2019, May, 30, 17:20:00
TOTAL, ALGERIA PARTNERSHIP
Algeria’s energy minister said on Monday he would seek a “good compromise” when asked about his earlier comments that Algiers would block Total’s plan.
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2019, May, 29, 10:55:00
AUSTRALIA'S LNG FOR CHINA UP
Over January-April, China imported 8.93 million mt of LNG from Australia, up 40.2% year on year, the customs data showed.
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2019, May, 29, 10:50:00
CANADA'S ENERGY FOR U.S.: $84 BLN
Canada is the second-largest importer of energy from the United States, in terms of trade value, behind only Mexico. Energy accounted for $84 billion, or 26%, of the value of all U.S. imports from Canada in 2018.
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2019, May, 29, 10:45:00
INDONESIA'S COAL FOR CHINA
China is the world’s largest coal consumer and the largest buyer of Indonesia’s coal. In 2018, it imported 125 million metric tons of mostly low-calorie coal from Indonesia, absorbing 25 percent of Indonesia’s coal exports.
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2019, May, 29, 10:40:00
UKRAINE'S GAS PRICES UP
"They still do not have permission from Russia to cross the border [after June 1] so the Kazakh company has decided to wait," a source at a major Ukrainian trading company said Tuesday. "No one knows exactly what's going to happen in June."