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2017, December, 25, 20:20:00
ROSNEFT'S ULTRA-DEEPWATER WELL
ROSNEFT - Rosneft has spudded the Maria-1 exploration well offshore in the Black Sea. Forecasted oil in place for Zapadno-Chernomorskaya licence area is estimated to exceed 570 million tons.
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2017, December, 25, 20:15:00
ROSNEFT - BP DEVELOPMENT
ROSNEFT - Rosneft and BP have agreed to develop subsoil resources within the Kharampurskoe and Festivalnoye licence areas of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in northern Russia, with total geological reserves exceeding 880 bcm of gas.
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2017, December, 25, 20:00:00
U.S. RIGS UP 1 TO 931
U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 931, with oil rigs unchanged at 747, gas rigs up 1 to 184, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged.
Canada Rig Count is down 28 rigs from last week to 210, with oil rigs down 14 to 120 and gas rigs down 14 to 90.
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2017, December, 22, 22:00:00
LETTERONE & WINTERSHALL MERGER
FT - Mr Fridman would acquire an interest in the Wingate gas platform off the east coast of England as part of a proposed merger between DEA, an energy company he controls, and Wintershall of Germany, which operates the UK field.
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2017, December, 20, 19:20:00
BP: ZOHR HAS STARTED
BP - BP confirmed that production has started from the super-giant Zohr gas field, offshore Egypt. The field is operated by Eni, through its joint venture with The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), and is the largest natural gas discovery yet to be made in the Mediterranean Sea.
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2017, December, 20, 19:15:00
NORWAY'S PRODUCTION DOWN 102 TBD
NPD - Preliminary production figures for November 2017 show an average daily production of 1 813 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 102 000 barrels per day compared to October.
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2017, December, 20, 19:10:00
NORWAY'S FENJA INVESTMENT NOK 10 BLN
NPD - On Tuesday, the licensees, led by operator VNG, submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for Fenja in the Norwegian Sea. Investments are expected to total approx. NOK 10 billion.
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2017, December, 20, 19:05:00
REPSOL'S INVESTMENT NOK 8 BLN
NPD - On Tuesday, operator Repsol submitted a new Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Yme field in the North Sea. More eight billion kroner will be invested in the development. The planned start-up is 2020.
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2017, December, 18, 12:15:00
EXXON - PETROBRAS ALLIANCE
Petrobras and ExxonMobil signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a strategic alliance to jointly identify and evaluate potential business opportunities.
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2017, December, 18, 12:05:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 1 TO 930
U.S. Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 930, with oil rigs down 4 to 747, gas rigs up 3 to 183, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged.
Canada Rig Count is up 19 rigs from last week to 238, with oil rigs up 22 to 134 and gas rigs down 3 to 104.
![Remarks by OPEC Secretary General September 2017 г.](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mYNpX2JB5zQ/0.jpg)
2017, December, 17, 13:07:00
Remarks by OPEC Secretary General September 2017 г.
Remarks by OPEC Secretary General September 2017 г.
![Novak interview July 10 2017](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F019WkG8cZs/0.jpg)
2017, December, 17, 12:51:00
Novak interview July 10 2017
Alexander Novak: OPEC + agreement should be extended.
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2017, December, 17, 12:50:00
Alexander Novak about the global oil market
Alexander Novak about the global oil market. OPEC + agreement should be extended.
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2017, December, 17, 12:48:00
Alexander Novak about Agreement OPEC+
Alexander Novak about Agreement OPEC+
![Russia's Novak Sees $50 $60 Oil Price This Summer](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BjEvnULMKbo/0.jpg)
2017, December, 17, 12:47:00
Russia's Novak Sees $50 $60 Oil Price This Summer
Russia's Novak Sees $50 $60 Oil Price This Summer