Australia
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2020, June, 23, 14:30:00
AUSTRALIA'S RATING "AAA"
Australian economy supports a return to positive growth next year
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2020, June, 1, 10:50:00
ASIA'S STOCKS UP
Japan’s Nikkei added 0.7% to also reach a three-month peak.
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2020, June, 1, 10:45:00
AUSTRALIA'S SHARES UP AGAIN
The S&P/ASX 200, currently on a five-week winning run, closed 1.1% higher at 5,819.20 on Monday
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2020, May, 28, 11:25:00
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS BUYING $1.265 BLN
Santos today is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ northern Australia and Timor-Leste assets for a reduced purchase price of US$1.265 billion plus an increased contingent payment of US$200 million subject to a final investment decision (FID) on Barossa.
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2020, May, 28, 11:20:00
AUSTRALIA'S SOLAR AND BATTERY MICRO-GRIDS
“Stand-alone power systems, which are usually a combination of solar, batteries and a back-up generator, are getting cheaper and more sophisticated. In contrast, supplying customers using poles and wires in remote areas can be very costly.”
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2020, May, 25, 12:25:00
AUSTRALIA'S SHARES UP ANEW
Buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay starred again as it jumped 9% to a record high and helped the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 end 2.2% higher at 5,615.6.
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2020, May, 8, 11:45:00
AUSTRALIA'S SHARES UP
The S&P/ASX 200 index settled 0.5% higher at 5,391.1. The benchmark climbed nearly 3% this week, its biggest weekly rise since April 10.
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2020, May, 7, 10:50:00
AUSTRALIA'S SHARES DOWN
The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.4% lower at 5,364.20 points, after shedding 0.4% on Wednesday. The index is off 25.6% from its lifetime high on Feb. 20, 2020.
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2020, April, 23, 14:50:00
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS FREE CASH FLOW US$265 MLN
Australia's Santos 2020 First Quarter Activities Report
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2020, April, 21, 10:50:00
SHELL, AUSTRALIA GAS PROJECT $6.4 BLN
It is Shell’s first big investment decision since the coronavirus crisis and tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia caused oil prices to crash below $30 per barrel. Natural gas prices are currently at historic lows.
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2020, April, 20, 14:20:00
AUSTRALIA'S INDEX DOWN
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index fell 2.5% or 134.50 points to 5,353.00 at the close of trade.
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2020, April, 17, 14:25:00
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS SELL 12.5%
Australian independent oil and gas producer Santos has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to sell a 12.5% stake in the Barossa gas field in northern Australia to JERA, the joint venture between Japanese power utilities TEPCO and Chubu Electric.
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2020, April, 17, 14:15:00
SHELL INVESTS TO AUSTRALIA'S GAS
Shell Australia (Shell) has taken a final investment decision to develop the first phase of Arrow Energy’s Surat Gas Project in Queensland, Australia.
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2020, April, 7, 11:50:00
AUSTRALIA'S ECONOMY DOWN
A very large economic contraction is, however, expected to be recorded in the June quarter and the unemployment rate is expected to increase to its highest level for many years.
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2020, March, 25, 13:20:00
RUSSIA'S HYDROGEN FOR JAPAN
State-owned oil and gas major Gazprom announced on February 20 it is looking to produce hydrogen from natural gas.