Oil
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2019, August, 23, 10:35:00
ADNOC CONTRACTS $3.6 BLN
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced, today, the award of multi-billion-dollar contracts for the procurement of casing and tubing as it drives value through its smart approach to procurement. The combined scope of the three contracts awarded is one of the world’s largest in this category, maximizing value for ADNOC across its drilling value chain and underpinning its strategy to deliver a more profitable upstream business.
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2019, August, 23, 10:25:00
U.S. WANT VIETNAM OIL AND GAS
U.S. energy firms had interests in the South China Sea and Washington was “committed to bolstering the energy security of our partners and allies in the Indo-Pacific region and in ensuring uninterrupted regional oil and gas production for the global market.”U.S. warships have conducted periodic “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea to challenge China’s claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway.
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2019, August, 21, 12:35:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $60
Brent had gained 26 cents, or 0.43%, to $60.29 a barrel, WTI was up 3 cents, or 0.05%, at $56.16 a barrel.
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2019, August, 21, 12:10:00
ROSNEFT NET INCOME +48%
Rosneft's 1H 2019 Net income jumped by 9% YoY to RUB 325 bln, including by 1.5 times QoQ to RUB 194 bln
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2019, August, 21, 12:00:00
ROSNEFT OUTPUT 5.8 MBD
Rosneft's hydrocarbon production in H1 2019 amounted to 5.81 mmboed (141.8 mmtoe for the half-year), exceeding H1 2018 level by 1.8%.
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2019, August, 19, 11:50:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59 YET
Brent was up 55 cents, or about 0.9%, at $59.19 a barrel, WTI were up 57 cents, or 1%, at $55.44 a barrel.
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2019, August, 19, 11:45:00
WORLD OIL DEMAND WILL UP BY 1.14 MBD
Total oil demand for the year is now anticipated to reach 99.92 mb/d. For 2020, world oil demand is expected to grow by 1.14 mb/d, in line with last month’s projection, with total world consumption anticipated to average 101.05 mb/d.
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2019, August, 19, 11:40:00
U.S. PETROLEUM DEMAND 20.8 MBD
Total U.S. petroleum demand averaged 20.8 million barrels per day (mb/d) in July 2019, which represented a 0.9% year-over-year increase and the highest demand for the month since 2005,
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2019, August, 19, 11:30:00
NORWAY'S JULY PRODUCTION 1.8 MBD
Preliminary production figures for July 2019 show an average daily production of 1 799 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 402 000 barrels per day compared to June.
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2019, August, 16, 10:50:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $59
Brent was up 52 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.75 a barrel , U.S. crude was up 65 cents, or 1.2%, at $55.12 a barrel
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2019, August, 16, 10:20:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES 440.5 MLN BBL
At 440.5 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are 3% above the 5-year average for this time of year
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2019, August, 14, 12:25:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $61 YET
Brent crude was down 46 cents, or 0.8%, at $60.84 a barrel at 0639 GMT, after rising 4.7% on Tuesday, the biggest percentage gain since December. U.S. oil was down 62 cents, or 1.1%, at $56.48 a barrel, having risen 4% the previous session, the most in just over a month.
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2019, August, 14, 12:20:00
CHINA'S OIL THROUGHPUT UP 5.6%
For the first seven months of 2019, Chinese crude throughput rose 5.6% from a year earlier to 369.73 million tonnes, or 12.73 million bpd, the NBS reported.
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2019, August, 14, 12:15:00
MENA ENERGY INVESTMENT: $859 BLN
Oil, gas and petrochemical projects, valued at more than US $859 billion, are either underway or planned in the Middle East and North Africa, MENA, of these US $283 billion are projects are being implemented, as the region gets ready to meet the forecast increases in demand for energy over the next two decades.
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2019, August, 13, 13:50:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $58 ANEW
Brent crude futures were down 20 cents or 0.3% from the previous settlement at $58.29, WTI futures were at $54.69 per barrel