Trends
2017, January, 9, 18:45:00
IMPORTANT LNG MARKET
The LNG market has grown strongly in the last few years. In 2008 the global export capacity was 270bn m³/yr while in 2016 it was around 400bn m³/yr (+150%). The International Energy Agency in 2011 predicted that by 2015 gobal trade would reach 450bn m³/yr. These higher expectations resulted mainly from the aftermath of the Fukushima accident and Asian growth more generally, notably China.
2016, December, 30, 18:40:00
ЦЕНА НЕФТИ 2017: $55 - $60
В 2017 году цена на нефть будет в диапазоне 55 - долларов за баррель.
2016, December, 30, 18:30:00
OIL PRICES: ABOVE $57
U.S. benchmark West Texas intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 23 cents to $54.00 at 0746 GMT. Brent front-month March crude oil futures rose 31 cents to $57.16.
2016, December, 29, 18:55:00
OIL PRICES: ABOVE $56 ANEW
U.S. light crude was down 20 cents at $53.86 by 0930 GMT (4:30 a.m. ET), while North Sea Brent crude was up 5 cents at $56.27 a barrel.
2016, December, 29, 18:45:00
OIL PRICES 2017: $58
The analysts predicting that Brent will average $58 a barrel next year expect $53 in the first quarter and $56 in the second. West Texas Intermediate will be about $1.40 cheaper than Brent in 2017, the estimates show. WTI settled at $53.90 in New York on Tuesday.
2016, December, 29, 18:30:00
U.S. SHALE DRILLERS UP
U.S. shale drillers are set to ramp up spending on exploration and production next year as recovering oil prices prompt banks to extend credit lines for the first time in two years.
2016, December, 28, 18:50:00
OIL PRICES: ABOVE $56 AGAIN
International Brent LCOc1 crude futures were trading down 7 cents, or 0.12 percent, at $56.02 a barrel at 0722 GMT (2.22 a.m. ET) after closing the previous session up 93 cents.
U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices CLc1 were down 8 cents at $53.82 per barrel after settling up 88 cents at $53.90 a barrel in the previous session.
2016, December, 27, 18:40:00
OIL PRICES: STILL ABOVE $55
London Brent crude for February delivery LCOc1 was down 1 cents at $55.15 a barrel by 0335 GMT (10.35 p.m. ET) after settling up 11 cents on Friday. Oil markets were closed on Monday after Christmas at the weekend.
NYMEX crude for February delivery CLc1 was up 10 cents at $53.12 a barrel, after closing at a 17-month high on Friday.
2016, December, 22, 16:00:00
RUSSIA SANCTIONS EVERMORE
U.S. and European Union sanctions and a collapse in global oil prices have hurt the Russian economy and starved it of much-needed foreign investment.
2016, December, 22, 15:50:00
INDIA'S LNG IMPORTS UP 18%
According to latest data published by oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), LNG imports in October were 2.26bn m³, up almost 18.6% compared with the same month last year. Cumulative imports too remain substantially higher. For the April-October period, India’s LNG imports were 14.9bn m³, up by 25% on year.
2016, December, 21, 18:40:00
GLOBAL GAS TRADE UP 65%
The annual volume of the global gas trade is expected to increase from around 1,000bn m3 currently to 1,650bn m3 by 2040; an absolute growth of 65%.
2016, December, 20, 18:50:00
OIL PRICES: ABOVE $55
Benchmark Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading up 56 cents, or 1 percent, at $55.48 a barrel at 1329 GMT.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up 29 cents at $52.41 a barrel, not far off a one-week high of $52.52.
2016, December, 20, 18:45:00
РОССИЯ ПОМОГЛА ОПЕК
Россия сегодня добывает больше 11 млн барр. в сутки, мы очень крупный игрок среди стран-производителей, поэтому без нас сегодня практически невозможен процесс регулирования нефтяных рынков. Мы пошли на договоренности по снижению добычи, потому что это даст положительный результат и для бюджета, и для нефтяных компаний, поможет стабилизировать ситуацию в целом. Раньше они балансировали рынок самостоятельно, но в настоящий момент вряд ли страны ОПЕК приняли бы решение о сокращении добычи без нас. В этот раз для ОПЕК было важно участие в сокращении добычи и других стран-производителей, чтобы достичь желаемого эффекта.
2016, December, 16, 18:55:00
WORLD ECONOMY OPTIMISM
But for all the talk of trade barriers, oil prices rising on supply cuts, and planned U.S. tax cuts and infrastructure spending, the global inflation outlook hasn't changed much, even if the Fed is sounding more worried about it.
2016, December, 16, 18:50:00
OIL PRICES: ABOUT $54
Brent crude futures were trading at $54.02 per barrel at 0808 GMT, flat from its last settlement.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down 2 cents at $50.88 per barrel.