U.S. Rig Count is up 93 rigs from last year's count of 619, with oil rigs up 68, gas rigs up 24, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 114 rigs from last year's count of 231, with oil rigs up 74 and gas rigs up 40.

In the second half of 2016, we reduced annualized costs by nearly $700 million, exceeding our initial goal by almost 40%, paid down $1 billion in debt, repurchased more than $750 million in shares, accelerated innovation with nearly 70 new product introductions, and built new sales channels for our products and technology.

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) announced a loss from continuing operations of $149 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Министр энергетики России Александр Новак ожидает, что цена на нефть в 2017 году установится на уровне от $50 до $60 за баррель.

Под сопредседательством Министра энергетики Российской Федерации Александра Новака и Министра нефти Кувейта Иссама Аль-Марзука состоялось заседание Мониторингового комитета стран ОПЕК и не входящих в ОПЕК государств по отслеживанию выполнения обязательств по скоординированному сокращению добычи нефти.

All the countries are observing the agreement on cutting the output, Russia's Minister of Energy Alexander Novak told a news conference on Sunday.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said OPEC’s 13 nations and 11 producers outside the cartel had made collective cuts totaling 1.5 million barrels a day since agreements were struck in late November and early December. Oil prices have risen nearly 20% since those deals were made, despite widespread skepticism over whether OPEC and other producers would follow through.

Full-year 2016 revenue of $27.8 billion decreased 22% year-on-year, despite three quarters of activity from the Cameron Group that contributed $4.2 billion in revenue. Excluding Cameron, consolidated revenue declined 34%.

U.S. Rig Count is up 57 rigs from last year's count of 637, with oil rigs up 41, gas rigs up 15, and miscellaneous rigs up 1 Canadian Rig Count is up 92 rigs from last year's count of 250, with oil rigs up 59, gas rigs up 33, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged.

U.S. oil production will up 41 tbd, gas production will up 330 mcfd.

Preliminary production figures for December 2016 show an average daily production of 2 094 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 60 000 barrels per day (approx. 3 percent) compared to November.

China’s oil production is forecast to fall by as much as 7 percent this year, extending a record decline in 2016.

U.S. Rig Count is up 9 rigs from last year's count of 650, with oil rigs up 7, gas rigs up 1, and miscellaneous rigs up 1. Canadian Rig Count is up 88 rigs from last year's count of 227, with oil rigs up 60, gas rigs up 27, and miscellaneous rigs up 1.

Global capital spending by leading exploration and production companies will total $450bn in 2017, up 3 per cent compared to 2016 and ending two years of steep declines, according to Wood Mac forecasts published on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the number of final investment decisions by these 60 E&P companies — which range from large multinationals and independents to national oil groups — on new upstream projects will double to more than 20 in 2017, from nine last year.

Russia and 10 other non-OPEC nations joined forces with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Dec. 10 to end a global glut that’s crashed oil prices and shaken energy-rich economies. The pact — the first between the two sides in 15 years — involves a reduction of 558,000 barrels a day from non-OPEC countries starting in January.