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2019, October, 23, 11:30:00
$50 BLN FOR BRAZIL
An auction next month of oilfields in Brazil may be the priciest ever held, raising at least $50 billion in licensing fees and compensation, according to people familiar with government estimates.
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2019, October, 21, 13:30:00
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION 12.4 MBD
U.S. crude oil production reached a new all-time high of 12.4 million barrels per day (mb/d) – and U.S. natural gas liquids production sustained a record 4.8 mb/d – in September,
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2019, October, 21, 13:05:00
PETROBRAS PRODUCTION UP 16.5%
Petrobras, which has been was completing the installation of seven new floating production units, produced 2.794 million b/d of oil equivalent in the third quarter from domestic fields. Oil and gas output was up 9.5% from the second quarter.
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2019, October, 21, 13:00:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 5 TO 851
U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 851, Canada Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 143,
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2019, October, 18, 11:25:00
ROSNEFT, CHEVRON FOR VENEZUELA
During a meeting in Moscow last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has already threatened to nationalize Chevron's assets, discussed the possibility of Rosneft taking over Chevron's Venezuelan operations, sources said.
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2019, October, 18, 11:15:00
SANTOS REVENUE $1 BLN
Record quarterly production and sales volumes
• Third quarter production of 19.8 mmboe was a record for Santos and 32% up on the corresponding quarter
• Production was 7% higher than the second quarter with higher production from all Australian assets
• Record sales volumes of 25.2 mmboe were 25% higher than the corresponding quarter
• Sales revenue of $1,030 million was the second highest quarterly revenue on record
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2019, October, 18, 11:05:00
BAKER HUGHES CHANGES NAME
Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE: BHGE) announced today its successful name change to Baker Hughes Company. The Company will be known as Baker Hughes, and on Oct. 18, 2019, its Class A common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BKR”.
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2019, October, 16, 12:30:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL + 58 TBD, GAS + 319 MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 58,000 b/d month-over-month in October from 8,913 to 8,971 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 319 million cubic feet/day from 83,693 to 84,012 million cubic feet/day .
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2019, October, 16, 12:15:00
NORWAY'S SEPTEMBER PRODUCTION 1.574 MBD
Norway's preliminary production figures for September 2019 show an average daily production of 1 574 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 86 000 barrels per day compared to August.
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2019, October, 14, 14:10:00
RUSSIA, ARAB STATES COOPERATION
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia will work with Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations to counter recent instability in the oil markets caused by attacks on energy sites in the Middle East.
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2019, October, 14, 13:35:00
THE NEW IRAN'S GAS
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announced the discovery of a new gas field south of Fars Province, southern Iran.
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2019, October, 14, 13:30:00
SANTOS, CONOCOPHILLIPS ACQUISITION $1.39 BLN
Acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ northern Australia business with operating interests in Darwin LNG, Bayu-Undan, Barossa and Poseidon for US$1.39 billion plus a
$75 million contingent payment subject to FID on Barossa
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2019, October, 14, 13:25:00
U.S. RIGS UP 1 TO 856
U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 856, Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 146
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2019, October, 11, 11:45:00
SAUDI ARAMCO IPO: $100 BLN
With an oil production capacity of about 12mn b/d and posting a profit of $46.9bn in the first half of 2019, Aramco is betting institutional investors will rush to buy the 5% stake set to be sold by the Saudi government.
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2019, October, 11, 11:40:00
NOVATEK'S PRODUCTION +5.2%
In the third quarter 2019, NOVATEK’s hydrocarbon production totaled 145.2million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 18.31 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 3,041 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil), resulting in an increase in total hydrocarbons produced by 7.2 million boe, or by 5.2% as compared with the third quarter 2018.