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2019, May, 6, 11:35:00
U.S. UNCOMPLETED WELLS UP
The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in seven key oil and natural gas production regions in the United States has increased over the last two years, reaching a high of 8,504 wells in February 2019,
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2019, May, 6, 11:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 1 TO 990
BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 990, with oil rigs up 2 to 807, gas rigs down 3 to 183, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 61, with oil rigs down 2 to 17 and gas rigs unchanged at 44.
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2019, May, 2, 16:55:00
OPEC + IRAN, VENEZUELA
OPEC is due to meet in June, where the Iran question will no doubt be raised. But oil and gas leaders are taking a cautious approach, with Kuwait's oil minister Khaled Al Fadhel noting that a decision would be taken only after a review of oil prices.
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2019, May, 2, 16:45:00
IRAN'S ELIMINATION IS IMPOSSIBLE
Asked whether Iran’s oil could be removed from the market, Mr. Barkindo said: “No repetition is needed. Eliminating Iran from the oil market is impossible.”
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2019, May, 2, 15:55:00
BAKER HUGHES NET INCOME $32 MLN
Baker Hughes, a GE company Announces First Quarter 2019 Results
Orders of $5.7 billion for the quarter, down 17% sequentially and up 9% year-over-year
Revenue of $5.6 billion for the quarter, down 10% sequentially and up 4% year-over-year
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2019, April, 29, 10:50:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 21 TO 991
BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 21 rigs from last week to 991, with oil rigs down 20 to 805, gas rigs down 1 to 186, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 63, with oil rigs unchanged at 19 and gas rigs down 3 to 44.
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2019, April, 26, 11:00:00
VENEZUELA'S OIL PRODUCTION 840 TBD
In March 2019, Venezuela's crude oil production (excluding condensate) averaged 840,000 barrels per day (b/d), down from 1.1 million b/d in February,
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2019, April, 24, 10:50:00
APICORP ENERGY INVESTMENTS $1 TLN
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development financial institution, forecast in its MENA Annual Energy Investment Outlook 2019 that current and planned energy investments in the region add up to $1trn for the next five years.
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2019, April, 22, 08:50:00
OPEC + RUSSIA IS HERE
"Cooperation will continue between Russia and Saudi Arabia," Ibrahim al-Muhanna said at the International Oil Summit in Paris, stressing that "it is the core of OPEC+ cooperation."
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2019, April, 22, 08:45:00
RUSSIA'S OIL PRODUCTION 11.24 MBD
Russian oil production was around 11.24 million barrels per day (bpd) between April 1 and April 18,
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2019, April, 22, 08:25:00
KUWAIT OIL PRODUCTION: +370 TBD
Boosting heavy crude output is a major part of the country's 2040 oil production strategy. Kuwait plans to increase overall oil production capacity to 4.75mbpd by 2040, up from its current capacity of 3.15mbpd.
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2019, April, 22, 08:15:00
CONOCO SELLS BRITAIN $2.67 BLN
ConocoPhillips's gas-focused North Sea assets pumped 72,000 b/d of oil equivalent last year, and the acquisition will help boost Chrysaor's total production this year to over 185,000 boe/d, Chrysaor said in a statement.
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2019, April, 19, 09:40:00
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION 12.1 MBD
the U.S. sustained its position as the world’s leading oil producer, continuing a pace of 12.1 million barrels a day (mb/d), matching February 2019. In addition, petroleum demand in March was the strongest for that month in more than a decade at 20.7 mb/d.
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2019, April, 19, 09:35:00
VENEZUELA'S, RUSSIA'S OIL
Since January, Maduro’s administration has been in talks with allies in Moscow about ways to circumvent a ban on clients paying PDVSA in dollars, the sources said. Russia has publicly said the U.S. sanctions are illegal and it would work with Venezuela to weather them.
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2019, April, 19, 09:25:00
AUSTRALIA'S LNG PRODUCTION UP 11%
Australia's largest gas producer, Woodside, Thursday said LNG production from its three facilities rose 11% year on year in the January-March quarter, and maintained its 2019 production guidance.