Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday it will cut 6,500 jobs as it braces for up to several years of low oil prices.

Italian services firm Saipem said Tuesday it will cut 8,800 jobs during the next two years after booking about $1 billion in write downs in the second quarter and slashing its annual guidance.

BP swung to a $6.3 billion second quarter loss on Tuesday after write downs tied to the ongoing conflict in Libya and the company’s recent Deepwater Horizon settlement.

Weatherford International boosted its headcount reduction target by 1,000 on Thursday to 11,000 positions.

OPEC and Russia say they expect the global oil market to become more balanced and stable next year after the recent sharp drops.

«Газпром» располагает всеми необходимыми возможностями для обеспечения финансирования запланированных трансграничных газотранспортных проектов.

U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 874, with oil rigs up 5 to 664, gas rigs down 7 to 209, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1.

The transaction is ostensibly intended to help energy company KazMunayGaz (KMG) reduce its $20 billion debt portfolio, which has been exacerbated by low oil prices.

Centrica will cut around 10 percent of its workforce and sell up to 1 billion pounds ($1.56 billion) worth of upstream and wind assets by 2017 as Britain's largest utility looks to focus on energy supply and services.

Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Japan, South Korea, and China, the three largest global importers, all located in the Asia Pacific region, have declined by an average 1.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) (6.7%) in the first five months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

Imports by Iran's four biggest buyers - China, India, Japan and South Korea - totaled 1.17 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, up more than 13 percent from a year earlier, government and tanker-tracking data showed.

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced estimated second quarter 2015 earnings of $4.2 billion, or $1 per diluted share, compared with $8.8 billion a year earlier. Higher Downstream and Chemical earnings were more than offset by the impact of weaker Upstream realizations and lower asset management gains.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $571 million ($0.30 per share – diluted) for second quarter 2015, compared with earnings of $5.7 billion ($2.98 per share – diluted) in the 2014 second quarter.

Weatherford International plc (NYSE: WFT) reported a net loss before charges of $77 million ($0.10 net loss per share non-GAAP) on revenues of $2.39 billion for the second quarter of 2015. GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2015 was $489 million, or a net loss of $0.63 per share.

There are indeed compelling reasons for Gazprom to do a deal. First market developments are rendering Gazprom’s existing business model irrelevant and it is that business model which is being substantially challenged in the antitrust case. Secondly, the consequences of an actual published EU competition decision against the company would be devastating in terms of reputation and scale of liability. Both these factors provide compelling incentives for Gazprom to file draft Commitments to the Commission to provide a basis for a deal.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) today reported that for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015, it earned net income of $289 million, or $0.74 per fully diluted share, compared to first quarter ended March 31, 2015 net income of $310 million, or $0.76 per fully diluted share. Excluding other items and non-recurring charges from all periods, second quarter net income was $301 million, or $0.77 per fully diluted share, compared to $1.14 in the first quarter of 2015 and $1.47 in the second quarter of 2014. Second quarter 2015 other items were $17 million in pre-tax severance and facility closure charges.

В Компании создается система учета потерь от применения незаконных санкций с зачислением их на внебалансовый счет. В дальнейшем сумма потерь будет предъявлена к возмещению в судебном порядке.

Во втором квартале и первом полугодии 2015 года выручка от реализации увеличилась на 27,0% и 27,6% соответственно по сравнению с аналогичными периодами 2014 года. Рост выручки в основном связан с увеличением объема и средней цены реализации жидких углеводородов в рублевом выражении. На среднюю цену реализации жидких углеводородов положительно повлияло увеличение объема реализации продуктов переработки газового конденсата с высокой добавленной стоимостью с комплекса в Усть-Луге, уменьшение экспортных пошлин и ослабление курса рубля по отношению к доллару США, что более чем компенсировало эффект от падения мировых цен на углеводороды.

Saudi Arabia is expected to raise prices for crude it sells to Asia in September due to a stronger Dubai benchmark, traders and analysts said on Monday, adding that the top oil exporter will be wary of a hike so big it would threaten its market share.

ОАО «НК «Роснефть» и Statoil ASA завершили буровые работы в рамках пилотных работ на пласте ПК1 Северо-Комсомольского месторождения. В течение 2015 года компании совместно пробурили две горизонтальные эксплуатационные скважины.