Oil & Gas Operators

Total: To Change Name to TotalEnergies – With Drive Towards Cleaner Energy

Total SE bucked the trend of a disappointing fourth quarter for Big Oil, reporting earnings that exceeded expectations and pledging more cash for cleaner energy. The results show once again how the French giant has outperformed its peers throughout the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. As its more heavily indebted …

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RussNeft’s Oil Reserves Increased by 32.6 mln tons in 2020

Incremental reserves at RussNeft totalled 32.6 million tonnes of oil in 2020. Most exploration work in the reporting year was carried out in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District. The Company annually implements a significant programme of geological exploration works (E&A), the main sources of which will remain hard-to-recover and unconventional reserves …

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Experts: The Oil Market is Preparing for a Sharp Increase in Competition

Oil demand is recovering, prices are close to $ 60 per barrel, and this is likely to lead to a softening of the terms of the OPEC + deal to cut production. This opinion was expressed by Vasily Tanurkov, director of the corporate ratings group at ACRA. According to him, …

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OPEC daily basket price stood at $59.58 a barrel Monday, 8 February 2021, compared with $58.92 the previous Friday

Vienna, Austria, 9 February 2021–The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $59.58 a barrel on Monday, compared with $58.92 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations (view archives). The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno …

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LUKOIL: Reports Preliminary Operating Data For The Fourth Quarter And Twelve Months Of 2020

In the fourth quarter of 2020 LUKOIL Group’s average hydrocarbon production excluding the West Qurna-2 project was 2,065 kboe per day, which is 9.5% higher quarter-on-quarter. The growth was attributable to the dynamics of the external limitations on oil production due to the OPEC+ agreement, as well as recovery of …

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OPEC daily basket price stood at $58.92 a barrel Friday, 5 February 2021, compared with $58.25 the previous day

Vienna, Austria, 8 February 2021–The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $58.92 a barrel on Friday, compared with $58.25 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations (view archives). The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), …

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Rosneft: Signs Investemnet Incentives to Accelerate the Development of the Priobskoye Field

Rosneft Oil Company, the Ministry of Finance of Russia and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of Russia have signed an agreement on investment incentives for oil production at the Priobskoye field in the form of an annual mineral extraction tax (MET) deduction of up to 46 billion …

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Caspian Sunrise: Domestic Prices, Cost Levies and Deep Wells Hampering Performance

Introduction The board is pleased to provide an update covering commercial / financial / operational and regulatory matters. Commercial & financial update In our previous announcement we identified three principal factors holding back the company’s short term progress: ·    Kazakh domestic oil price ·    Assessed BNG historic costs ·    Lack of deep well …

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OPEC daily basket price stood at $58.25 a barrel Thursday, 4 February 2021, compared with $57.72 the previous day

Vienna, Austria, 5 February 2021–The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $58.25 a barrel on Thursday, compared with $57.72 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations (view archives). The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno …

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Rosneft and bp: Agree to Cooperate on Carbon anagement and sustainability

Rosneft Oil Company and bp have signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement focused on ‎supporting carbon management and sustainability activities of both companies. The agreement ‎builds on years of partnership between the two companies and formalises key elements of their ‎collaboration on sustainability and work to identify carbon reduction activities and …

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