Shell declares force majeure on Nigeria EA liftings for Jan, Feb
Shell Wednesday said it has declared force majeure on offtake from its Nigerian offshore EA field and said it was still losing 221,000 b/d of production after
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Statoil cuts production at Norway's Norne field amid new storms
Statoil has been forced to cut oil production at its 125,000 b/d Norne oilfield in the Norwegian Sea for a second time in a week due to
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
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Turkey to close sale of Tupras to Koc-led consortium Feb 3
The finalization of the sale of Turkish oil refiner Tupras to a consortium of Turkey's Koc Group and Shell will be completed by the extended sale deadline
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Turkey's Dardanelles strait closed for salvage operation: agent
Turkey's Dardanelles shipping strait closed to tanker transits, a local port source said Tuesday, after a salvage operation to move a grounded bulk carrier resumed at 0700
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
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World 2006 oil use to rise 1.83-mil b/d vs 1.09-mil in 2005: IEA
World oil demand will accelerate in 2006 as use recovers in the US and China, the world's two largest consumers, requiring more crude from OPEC and keeping
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Acting mayor of Russia's oil-rich Siberian town found dead
The acting mayor of the Russian town of Nefteyugansk Igor Gribanov was found dead in his flat, Russian news agency RIA reported Tuesday, as monitered by BBC.
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Algeria fears European switch to LNG after Russia-Ukraine row
Algerian oil minister Chakib Khelil has said that he fears the gas row between Russia and the Ukraine could have long-term negative implications for exporters of pipeline
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BP-led AIOC doubles 2005 output at Caspian block to 263,800 b/d
The BP-led Azerbaijan International Operating Consortium (AIOC) boosted oil output from its Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block in the Caspian Sea to 13.19-mil mt (263,800 b/d) in 2005, a two-fold
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Bearish movements in all freight markets
The week of Jan 5-11 saw rates weaken in all markets and almost all sizes. The Persian Gulf to Far East market was hit particularly hard, with
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Chinese key pipeline project moves forward with tankfarm fill
Refined oil products have been pouring into China National Petroleum Corp's tank farm at Urumqi in the northwest Xinjiang Ugyur Autonomous Region in preparation for shipment along
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Chinese think tank sees economy slowing in 2006: report
A think tank under China's top economic policy planner National Development and Reform Commission expects Chinese economic growth to slow moderately this year and expects Beijing's main
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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DFLs $/bbl (Jan 12)
DFLs $/bbl (Jan 12)
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
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Dated Brent/BFO crudes output seen rising 0.5% in February
Daily production of the three benchmark grades for Dated Brent/BFO will be just 0.5% higher in February than January, the release of the programs reveals Wednesday. Both
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
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Dirty freight rates (WS)
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ExxonMobil-Saudi Aramco 340,000b/d Yanbu refinery closed in Feb
The 340,000b/d Yanbu refinery, which is jointly owned by ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco will be taken down for scheduled maintenance in February, jet traders said Monday. "We
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
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Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum returns to ministry
Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, who resigned Jan 2 in protest at the government's decision to raise the price of refined products, returned to the ministry
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Iraqi president urges oil minister to reconsider resignation
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Monday urged oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum to reconsider his resignation over a hike in retail fuel prices, as the government justified the
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Israel lobby petitions again against ORL minority stake purchase
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel has petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court to cancel an agreement between the Israeli government and a minority shareholder in
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Karachaganak production set to resume mid-Jan, Tengiz output down
Production from the Karachaganak field which has been disrupted since late December should come back to full production by the middle of January, a source close to
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
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NYMEX crude drops despite 2.9-mil bbl US crude stock draw
February crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 82 cts to $62.55/bbl Wednesday following the release of the weekly petroleum data. The Energy Information Administration
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No growth in Iraqi oil production capacity for 2-3 years: US EIA
Iraqi oil production, net of reinjection, averaged around 1.9-mil b/d as of December 2005 with no new major additions to production capacity seen for at least two
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OPEC oil export revenue to grow 10% in 2006: US EIA
If crude oil prices remain near current levels for the year, as expected, OPEC net export revenues for 2006 should increase by 10% from 2005 levels, to
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OPEC-10 pump 28.25-mil b/d in Dec, down 100,000 b/d:Platts Survey
OPEC crude production fell by 250,000 b/d in December to average 29.8-mil b/d over the month as Iraq's output and export difficulties intensified and pipeline sabotage shut
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
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Overhang causes diffs to tumble
A slight overhang of North Sea sweet crude built through the week which caused grade Dated differentials for end of January loading cargoes to tumble, markedly for
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Russia's 2005 oil-output growth slows to 2.5%, exports down 1.1%
Russia raised oil output by nearly 2.5% in 2005, less than a third of the previous year's increase, the country's energy and industry ministry said Tuesday, citing
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Russian Railways raises 2005 oil delivery to China to 7.6-mil mt
State-owned Russian Railways increased crude oil deliveries to China in 2005 to 7.6-mil mt (152,000 b/d), 34% more than in the previous year, the company's East Siberian
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Russian, Kazakh presidents discuss cooperation in energy sphere
Russia's president Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev met to discuss strengthening cooperation on the energy projects, Russia's media reported Thursday. "We have resolved many issues
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Shell says situation at 420,000b/d Pernis refinery 'improving'
The situation at Shell's stricken 420,000 b/d Pernis refinery is improving after a glitch at a utility plant which closed both crude distillation units at the refinery
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Softer light ends in Europe push refining margins down: refiners
Weakening gasoline and naphtha prices in Europe have pushed cracking margins down, refining sources in northwest Europe said Wednesday. Gross cracking margins in relation to Brent crude
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Southern China approves LPG rate hike request from Sinobenny
Southern China's Guangdong Pricing Bureau has approved a request by Shenzhen Sinobenny, a major LPG import terminal in Pearl River Delta, to lift its wholesale LPG prices,
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Sweet values supported
Values of sweet grades were seen supported as margins were working in favor of sweet crude, traders said. Saharan was perceived supported at levels in the plus
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
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Ukraine, Kazakhstan in talks over joint oil, gas extraction
Ukraine and Kazakhstan within the next two weeks are expected to sign an agreement opening way for joint exploration and extraction of crude oil and natural gas
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
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Urals firm in Med, slide down in NWE
The Med market was largely pegged between Dated minus $3.50-3.60/bbl by the end of the week as traders were trying to gauge the direction of the market
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
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Western markets continue to firm; east of Suez quieter
Rates for medium-range vessels in the Mediterranean and transAtlantic markets firmed over the last week due to shortfall in supply of suitable vessels and bad weather causing
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Algeria to invest $33-bil over five years in energy sector: Khelil
Algeria will invest $33-bil in the next five years in energy projects, including several petrochemicals units and a planned Gas-To-Liquids plant, Algerian oil minister Chakib Khelil was
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Backwardation expected to hold
Backwardation in the Dated Brent/BFO is expected to hold throughout January on the back of relatively light North Sea production, healthy complex refining margins, and waning crude
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Chevron makes deepwater oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Chevron has made an oil discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico at the Big Foot Prospect in Walker Ridge Block 29, about 225 miles south of
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China's Changjiang National Shipping to buy 20 VLCCs, oil vessels
China's state-owned Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Nanjing Tanker Corp has signed ship-building contracts with China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, the company officials said Thursday. A total of 20
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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DFLs $/bbl (Dec 29)
DFLs $/bbl (Dec 29)
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DFLs $/bbl (Jan 05)
DFLs $/bbl (Jan 05)
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
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Dirty freight rates (WS)
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Dirty tanker rates slide in '05
Dirty shipping markets have - with only minor exceptions - been markedly softer in 2005 compared to 2004. VLCC rates loading in the Persian Gulf to Singapore
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European Union officials to discuss Russia-Ukraine gas row
European experts meet on Wednesday to discuss a response to the natural gas price war between Russia and Ukraine, although supplies to western Europe have returned to
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
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Freight rates up for all key product tanker markets in 2005 compared to 2004
Talk in the gasoline market revolved around the unplanned shut down of Shell's Pernis refinery where a pressure loss has caused two CDUs to be shut, sources
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Iranian oil minister shakes up ministry, industry ranks Iran's newly appointed oil minister
Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh has reshuffled the management ranks both within the ministry and at key national firms. Officials at National Iranian Oil Company, National Iranian Gas Company, National
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Iraqi oil output, exports fall in dismal end to 2005
Iraqi oil production in 2005 averaged a dismal 2.1-mil b/d, down 200,000 b/d from 2004 and far below official targets set by successive Iraqi governments and their
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Israeli government to sell refiner ORL by summer 2006: official
Israel's Government Corporations Authority plans to sell the government stake in Oil Refineries Ltd by the summer of 2006, Eyal Gabbai, director of the authority which is
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Israeli officials gear to pitch Ashdod refinery sale in New York
Israel's Oil Refineries Ltd and Government Companies Authority officials will meet next week in New York with financial and strategic investors who have expressed interest in acquiring
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Jet fuel supply shortages ease at London Heathrow
Jet fuel supply shortages at London's Heathrow airport following the Dec 11 fire at the Buncefield fuel depot have now eased, removing the need to ration supplies,
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Kuwait offshore exploration must be in undisputed area: Iran
Iran on Tuesday said Kuwait's recently-announced plans to conduct exploration activity in its offshore areas must be in undisputed waters amid a demarcation row between the two
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Mazeikiu Nafta processed 9.2-mil mt of crude in 2005: official
Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery complex last year processed 9.2-mil mt of crude, a refinery official told Platts Tuesday. The refinery would have processed about 9.7-mil mt had
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
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