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2018, April, 4, 09:05:00
STATOIL CONTRACTS: NOK 12 BLN
STATOIL - Statoil has awarded drilling contracts to Archer, KCA Deutag and Odfjell Drilling for drilling, completion, intervention services, plugging, maintenance and modifications on 18 of Statoil’s fixed platforms.
2018, April, 3, 18:46:00
OPEC President Says Russia Has Been 'Great Partner' on Cuts
OPEC President Says Russia Has Been 'Great Partner' on Cuts
2018, April, 2, 09:35:00
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION UP 1.14 MBD
EIA - US oil production averaged 9.964 million b/d in January, up nearly 1.14 million b/d compared with January 2017, but about 102,000 b/d below November's record domestic output,
2018, April, 2, 09:30:00
IRAQ'S OIL EXPORTS: 3.45 MBD
REUTERS - Iraq exported 3.453 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from its southern ports in March, slightly above the February average, the oil ministry said on Sunday.
2018, April, 2, 09:25:00
LONG-TERM OPEC COOPERATION
SHANA - Leaders of the UAE, OPEC’s biggest producer Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC member Russia support extending energy cooperation beyond 2018. Cooperation on the part of a politically influential oil producer like Russia would add to the weight and influence of OPEC in global energy markets, both politically and in terms of decision-making.
2018, April, 2, 09:15:00
BAHRAIN'S NEW OIL&GAS
REUTERS - The new tight oil and deep gas resource is expected to contain many times the amount of oil produced by Bahrain’s existing oilfields, as well as large amounts of gas, BNA reported.
2018, March, 30, 11:35:00
БОЛЬШЕ ДЕНЕГ ДЛЯ РОССИИ
МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - «По итогам 2017 года в результате более высоких цен, чем в 2016 году, а они были выше почти на 11 долларов и составили в среднем 54,7 доллара за баррель нефти, бюджет Российской Федерации получил дополнительно порядка 1 триллиона 200 миллиардов рублей, компании получили около 500 миллиардов рублей. Общая экспортная выручка была выше примерно на 31 миллиард долларов именно по нефти и по газу в результате более высоких цен. Это позитивно повлияло, в том числе и на инвестиционные программы», - сказал Министр.
2018, March, 30, 11:30:00
ЭНЕРГИЯ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ
МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - В Арктической зоне России сосредоточены значительные извлекаемые запасы углеводородного сырья: по нефти и газовому конденсату - почти четверть общероссийских запасов, по газу - более 70 процентов. В 2017 году в Арктике было добыто 96,2 миллиона тонн нефти (прирост на 3,8 процента к 2016 году) и 568,9 миллиарда кубометров газа (прирост на 9,6 процента).
2018, March, 30, 11:25:00
OPEC - RUSSIA ALLIANCE
REUTERS - “We are working to shift from a year-to-year agreement to a 10 to 20 year agreement,” the crown prince told Reuters in an interview in New York late on Monday. “We have agreement on the big picture, but not yet on the detail.”
2018, March, 30, 11:20:00
OPEC REDUCES SUPPLY
REUTERS - OPEC, Russia and several other non-OPEC producers have curbed output since January 2017 to erase a global glut of crude that had built up since 2014. They have extended the pact until the end of 2018, and meet on June 22 to review policy.
2018, March, 30, 11:05:00
EXXON PARTNERSHIP IN BRAZIL
REUTERS - Exxon along with Petrobras and Qatar Petroleum Intl shelled out 2.8 billion reais ($844 million) for a block in Brazil’s offshore Campos basin as the American oil major seeks to aggressively replace dwindling reserves.
2018, March, 30, 11:00:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 2 TO 993
BAKER HUGHES A GE - U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 993, with oil rigs down 7 to 797, gas rigs up 4 to 194 and miscellaneous rigs up 1 to 2.
Canada Rig Count is down 27 rigs from last week to 134, with oil rigs down 22 to 71 and gas rigs down 5 to 63.
2018, March, 28, 11:00:00
CHINA - PHILIPPINES COOPERATION
OGJ - The governments of China and the Philippines say they’re moving toward cooperative offshore oil and gas exploration.
2018, March, 28, 10:50:00
NORWAY'S OIL THREAT
BLOOMBERG - The government has paid out 109 billion kroner ($14 billion) since 2005 to explorers such as Lundin Petroleum AB and Repsol SA. It helped attract more companies to Norway, nearly doubling the pace of exploration and leading to key discoveries such as the multi-billion-barrel Johan Sverdrup field.
2018, March, 26, 08:00:00
NEW OPEC RECORD: 138%
OPEC - Participating OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries have set a new record in February with their voluntary production adjustments, achieving a level of 138%, according to the OPEC-non-OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC).