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2020, January, 22, 12:05:00
SCHLUMBERGER NET LOSS $10 BLN
Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch commented, “Full-year revenue for 2019 was $32.9 billion, a level essentially flat with 2018. Overall performance was positive—particularly in the international markets—and we generated $2.7 billion in free cash flow, which was a remarkable achievement under these market conditions. Full-year pretax segment operating margin of 12%, however, was slightly down year-on-year.
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2020, January, 20, 12:10:00
STRESSED IRAQ'S OIL
Iraqi oil production averaged more than 4.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2019, of which about 1.8 million bpd stemmed from the country’s domestic and state-owned players
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2020, January, 20, 12:05:00
OPEC'S OIL PRODUCTION DOWN 2 MBD
Recent statistics issued by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, highlighted a decrease in its production by 6.3 percent or some 2 million barrels per day in 2019, compared to 2018.
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2020, January, 20, 11:55:00
NO VENEZUELA SANCTIONS FOR CHEVRON
The waiver allows Chevron, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford International to continue certain work with PDVSA, outside of US sanctions.
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2020, January, 20, 11:50:00
NORWAY'S DECEMBER PRODUCTION 2.082 MBD
Norway's preliminary production figures for December 2019 show an average daily production of 2 082 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 95 000 barrels per day compared to November.
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2020, January, 20, 11:30:00
U.S. RIGS UP 15 TO 796
U.S. Rig Count is up 15 rigs from last week to 796, Canada Rig Count is up 41 rigs from last week to 244
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2020, January, 17, 11:35:00
IRAQ'S OIL PROBLEM
Iraq's oil production is steady at 4.46 million b/d in line with its OPEC+ quota and exports are averaging 3.45 million b/d, an oil ministry spokesperson said last week.
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2020, January, 17, 11:30:00
CHINA'S OIL THROUGHPUT UP 13.6%
China Dec crude oil throughput up 13.6% y/y at 58.51 million tonnes
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2020, January, 17, 11:15:00
NETHERLAND'S GRONINGEN GAS DOWN
A production cap has been put in place to prevent earthquakes linked to gas extraction at Groningen and the Dutch government plans to phase out gas extraction at the field completely by mid-2022.
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2020, January, 17, 11:05:00
NOVATEK PRODUCTION +7.5%
In 2019, NOVATEK’s hydrocarbon production totaled 590.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 74.70 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 12,148 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons produced by 41.0 million boe, or by 7.5% as compared with the twelve months 2018.
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2020, January, 15, 12:50:00
OIL PRICES 2020-21: $65-$68
Brent crude oil spot prices will average $65 per barrel (b) in 2020 and $68/b in 2021, compared with an average of $64/b in 2019. EIA expects West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices will average about $5.50/b lower than Brent prices through 2020 and 2021, compared with an average WTI discount of about $7.35/b in 2019.
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2020, January, 15, 12:45:00
U.S. OIL SLOWDOWN
But Papa, boss of the world’s largest oilfield services company, expects U.S. output to grow by just 400,000 bpd in 2020 and by 100,000-500,000 bpd per year through 2025, depending on future oil prices.
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2020, January, 15, 12:40:00
U.S. GAS WILL DOWN
U.S. dry gas production will fall to 94.11 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2021 from a record 94.74 bcfd in 2020. The current all-time high is 92.03 bcfd in 2019.
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2020, January, 13, 15:50:00
OIL MARKET WILL STABLE
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, is in the midst of an OPEC+ agreement to cut 1.7 million b/d of crude from the market in Jan through to March.
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2020, January, 13, 15:45:00
THE NEW U.S. IRAN SANCTIONS
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that Iran continues to be the world's leading sponsor of terrorism and that Iran has threatened United States military assets and civilians through the use of military force and support to Iranian-backed militia groups.