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2017, October, 2, 14:40:00
SHELL'S INVESTMENT RISKS
“The point that you can be too early was proved by us,” he says. “We were among the first of the big international oil companies to get into solar and we found out we could not make any money out of it.”
2017, October, 2, 14:30:00
U.S. RIGS UP 5 TO 940
U.S. Rig Count is up 418 rigs from last year's count of 522, with oil rigs up 325, gas rigs up 93, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 1.
Canada Rig Count is up 51 rigs from last year's count of 162, with oil rigs up 29 and gas rigs up 22.
2017, September, 29, 12:35:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $57
U.S. crude CLc1 was down 8 cents at $51.48 a barrel at 0641 GMT, after earlier rising slightly. Still, the contract is heading for a fourth consecutively weekly gain and is on track for a 9 percent advance this month.
Brent LCOc1 rose 1 cent to $57.42 a barrel, heading for a fifth weekly climb and a nearly 10 percent gain for September.
2017, September, 29, 12:30:00
СПРОС ПРЕВЫШАЕТ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ
Сегодня спрос превышает предложение уже на миллион баррелей в день. При этом уровень запасов нефти в хранилищах превышает средний пятилетний показатель всего на 170 миллионов баррелей – это вдвое меньше, чем было ранее.
2017, September, 29, 12:25:00
U.S. HIGHEST PELROLEUM DEMAND
Total petroleum deliveries in August moved up by 1.3 percent from August 2016 to average 20.5 million barrels per day. These were the highest August deliveries in 10 years, since 2007. Compared with July, total domestic petroleum deliveries, a measure of U.S. petroleum demand, decreased 0.6 percent. For year-to-date, total domestic petroleum deliveries moved up 1.3 percent compared to the same period last year.
2017, September, 29, 12:20:00
RUSSIA INFLUENCES U.S.
“In light of Facebook’s disclosure of over $100,000 in social media advertising associated with Russian accounts focused on the disruption and influence of US politics through social media, it is likely that Russia undertook a similar effort using social media to influence the US energy market,”
2017, September, 29, 12:10:00
CANADA NEED $60
“Fifty-dollar WTI is not high enough to support a material uptick in oilsands investments,” said Randy Ollenberger, managing director of oil and gas equity research for BMO Capital Markets.
“Sustained US$60-plus oil prices are required to support most projects.”
2017, September, 29, 12:05:00
U.S. GDP UP 3.1%
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent.
2017, September, 27, 13:55:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $58
Brent November crude futures were down 14 cents at $58.30 a barrel at 0832 GMT, while U.S. crude for November delivery edged up 11 cents to $51.99.
2017, September, 27, 13:50:00
ИНВЕСТИЦИИ В РОССИЮ
«Несмотря на все вызовы, в России улучшается предпринимательский климат, что находит отражение в международных рейтингах. Если в 2012 году Россия занимала 120-е место в рейтинге Doing Business Всемирного Банка, то в 2017 году – уже 40-е. Сейчас уже можно сказать, что экономика России нацелена на восстановление. В IV квартале прошлого года падение ВВП было минимальным, а в 2017 году мы вернулись к росту. Также замедлилась инфляция, наметилось восстановление инвестиционной активности, потребительского спроса. Несколько месяцев назад агентство S&P повысило прогноз кредитного рейтинга России с негативного до стабильного», - рассказал Министр.
2017, September, 27, 13:45:00
RUSSIAN GAS FOR CHINA
As noted by Alexey Miller, "since early 2017, China's gas demand has grown significantly; according to the latest data, in January-July alone gas consumption in China added 16 per cent compared to the same period of last year."
2017, September, 27, 13:40:00
OPEC NEED ASIA'S MARKET
We expect global demand to increase by nearly 16 million barrels a day until 2040 – at which time it could reach around 111 million barrels a day.
A remarkable 70% of this growth is forecast to come from emerging and developing economies in Asia.
2017, September, 27, 13:35:00
U.S. WANT OIL MARKET
If the US were to reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran, the Trump administration would do so in a way that would have minimal impact on the global oil market, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
2017, September, 27, 13:30:00
QATAR - BANGLADESH LNG
RasGas Company Limited sealed a landmark 15-yr LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla). The agreement was signed in Doha by Mr. Hamad Mubarak Al-Muhannadi, CEO of RasGas, and Mr. Abdul Mansur Md Faizullah, Petrobangla Chairman.
2017, September, 25, 13:25:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $56
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and several other producers have cut production by about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) since the start of 2017, helping lift oil prices by about 15 percent in the past three months.