Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Naphtha rally proves short-lived
Naphtha traders reported a sharp decline in crack values with the recent rally proving to be short lived, with buyers very thin on the ground. Market sources
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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OPEC leaves quotas unchanged, hints at cut next year
OPEC agreed Monday in Kuwait to maintain its current 28-mil b/d crude production ceiling and to meet again Jan 31 in Vienna to discuss market developments ahead
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russia to raise oil exports outside CIS by 2.5% in Q1 2006
Russia expects to export 46-mt (3.73-mil b/d) of crude to countries outside the Commonwealth of Independent States in the first quarter of 2006, up 2.5% from the
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russia's TNK-BP hires former Chevron manager as new CFO
TNK-BP, Russia's second-biggest oil producer, has hired a former manger from US major Chevron as its new chief financial officer, the company said Wednesday. TNK-BP said James
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russian tariff service raises Transneft fees by 9.7% from Jan 1
Russia's federal tariffs service has approved a 9.7% hike in tariffs for transporting crude via the country's trunk pipeline system operated by Transneft starting from Jan 1,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Shell could potentially double Sakhalin-2 LNG output: FT
Royal Dutch Shell plans to expand liquefied natural gas production at its Sakhalin-2 project in far eastern Russia, given Asia's growing demand for the fuel, the Financial
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Tanker delays through Turkish straits up to 16-21 days: sources
Tanker delays through Turkey's key Bosporus and Dardanelles shipping straits have now risen to between 16 to 21 days, port and shipping sources said Thursday. In total,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Total's UK fuel depot fire London
Fire-fighters have extinguished all but three fuel storage tanks at Total's Buncefield fuel terminal in southeast England following the blast and fire which destroyed the UK's fifth
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Tunisia invites bids for company to build 120,000 b/d refinery
The Tunisian government has invited bids from companies interested in building a new refinery in the country with a capacity of at least 120,000 b/d, a source
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Ukraine's November crude oil transit down 1.1% on month
Ukraine's crude oil transit for exports overseas fell 1.1% on the month to 2.386-mil mt in November from 2.412-mil mt in October and down from 2.934-mil mt
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals firm in Med, ease in NWE
Urals values firmed in the Med on the back of tight supply and increasing Bosphorus delays. Underscoring the firmer tone, Glencore was bidding mostly for cargoes loading
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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VLCC rates slide, smaller tanker rates firm
Dirty freight markets during the week to Dec 14 saw softness for larger sized tankers, while rates for smaller sized vessels in key markets generally moved in
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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AG-Japan market starts to firm; western markets weaken further
Rates for AG-Japan market stabilised this last week after a sustained period of downward pressure. A period of fixing over the last week or so has cleared
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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DFLs $/bbl (Dec 08)
DFLs $/bbl (Dec 08)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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December mostly placed
Most December barrels of the light sweet grades were seen as placed well in advance due to earlier buying before the Christmas holidays. Lifters were expecting Saharan
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Dirty freight rates (WS)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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European refiners look at cheaper alternatives to Urals crude
European refiners are beginning to shun expensive sour Urals crude in both key markets in the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe and are trying to run alternative grades,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Gasoline values stable
European gasoline barge values stabilized with the first signs that the barge market availability on the prompt might be coming under pressure. Prompt delays caused by low
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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IMF welcomes Saudi's 'constructive role' in balancing oil markets
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, has played a "constructive role" in supporting oil market stability by demonstrating a readiness to raise output to meet global
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Iran's President nominates fourth oil minister candidate
Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh, Iran's caretaker oil minister, is now in line for what is arguably the most important post in the cabinet of a country dependent on
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Iraq to defer some 20-mil bbl of Dec oil exports to Jan
Iraq is expected to defer some 20-mil bbl in December crude oil exports into January as loading delays hit export rates, causing losses in exports revenue and
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Iraqi November crude loadings from Basra extended to mid-December
Iraq's November Basrah Light crude export volumes have been extended into the current month after poor weather and electricity outages hit exports, pushing back the start of
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Libya says OPEC should keep crude output unchanged
OPEC oil producers should keep output unchanged when the group meets Monday as prices remain in a "reasonable" range of $55 to $60/bbl for US benchmark crude,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Little activity as grades sold ahead
There was little trading activity in the North Sea in general this week as most of the grades had been sold ahead with the exception of Brent
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Lukoil doubles Baltic Sea Vysotsk terminal VGO exports in Nov
Russian oil major Lukoil boosted vacuum gasoil exports from its Baltic Sea terminal of Vysotsk to 290,828mt in November, more than double the 132,302mt it loaded in
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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OMV poised to award contracts for New Zealand's Maari oil project
Austria-based OMV expects to be able to award development contracts "very soon" for its Maari oil project off New Zealand's North Island, Steve Hounsell, managing director of
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Observers note Kazakh election flaws, ban on oil bribe discussion
The main observer group monitoring Sunday's election in Kazakhstan that has President Nursultan Nazarbayev to office Monday listed a series of election flaws and violations and drew
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Petroval begins trading oil products in Singapore
A new Singapore-based crude and products trader, Petroval Pte Ltd Singapore, has become active in oil markets in the Asian hub since August this year, sources close
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Putin says Russia mulls raising oil, gas exports to India: report
Russia is studying the possibility of raising oil and natural gas deliveries to India, Russian president Vladimir Putin said Tuesday after the meeting with Indian Prime Minister
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Rhine barge freight rates hit two-year high: traders
The cost of shipping refined petroleum products by barge on the Rhine river has reached a two-year high as low water levels limit traffic, according to Platts
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russia's Surgutneftegaz November oil output down 3% to 5.3-mil mt
Russia's fourth largest oil producer Surgutenftegaz produced 5.33-mil mt (1.3-mil b/d) of crude in November, down 3.3% from 5.51-mil mt produced in October, the company said Wednesday.
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russia's Tatneft Nov oil output drops 4% on month to 2.04-mil mt
Tatneft, the main oil producer in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, produced 2.04-mil mt of oil in November, 4% less than in longer October, Tatneft said Monday.
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russia's annual oil-output growth to drop to 1% in 2008: ministry
The falling trend in Russia's oil output is set to continue through the next three years with annual production growth to reduce to 1% in 2008 from
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russian Railways cuts 2006 oil export plan for China to 12-mil mt
State-owned railroad operator Russian Railways aims at transporting at least 12-mil mt (240,000 b/d) of crude to China in 2006, 20% more than 10-mil mt planned for
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Russian Railways raises Nov oil exports to China by 157,970 b/d
State-owned Russian Railways has increased crude oil deliveries to China in November to 648,900mt (157,900 b/d), compared with 314,700mt transported by rail in the same period a
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Turkey's Dardanelles Strait shut to shipping due to dense fog
Turkey's Dardanelles strait is closed to tanker traffic due to dense fog, local shipping agents said Monday. The strait closed at 0915 local time (0715 GMT), after
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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UK to change tax time period for N Sea crude sales on Jul 1, 2006
The UK government is to close a tax loophole for the sale of North Sea crudes that is costing the Treasury some GBP80-mil ($140-mil) in lost revenues
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Uzbekneftegaz to offer 12 blocks for foreign firms in 2006-2007
Uzbekistan's national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz plans to invite foreign investors for the development of 12 new hydrocarbon blocks in Uzbekistan within the next two years,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Weakness in crude and fuel oil markets
The week to Dec 7 was characterised by weakness and inactivity in most of the major crude and fuel oil shipping markets. A combination of factors --
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Azeri union, US' McDermott reach agreement to end labor dispute
Azeri oil workers employed by McDermott International have won a salary increase and improved benefits, ending a labor dispute with the US-based services company, union officials said
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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CNPC, Indian OVL put in joint bid for PetroCanada's Syrian assets
State-owned giants China National Petroleum Corp and India's ONGC Videsh Limited have come together to submit a pathbreaking joint bid for some of the producing Syrian assets
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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CPC firms on tight market
Saharan was seen moving sideways this week as December was largely placed. "Barrels that needed to be placed, have been placed," a trader said. Last deal done
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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ConocoPhillips agrees to buy 275,000 b/d German refinery
ConocoPhillips has agreed to buy Louis Dreyfus' 275,000 b/d Wilhelmshaven refinery on the German North Sea coast with the hope of upgrading the plant to process cheaper,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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DFLs $/bbl (Dec 01)
DFLs $/bbl (Dec 01)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Dirty freight rates (WS)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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European suezmax markets firm as tonnage tightens
Suezmax rates in the Black Sea/Med markets were the biggest gainers during the week to Nov 30, with increases of around 20% seen on freight rates. Sources
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Ex-Iranian oil minister emerges as possible candidate for job
Ex-Iranian oil minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh emerged Tuesday as a possible candidate for the oil post after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's third nominee failed to win parliamentary approval, Iranian
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Ex-Iraqi oil minister recounts Saddam's unschooled oil policy
Hours before Iraqi courts convene to try former leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity, a former top oil official joined dozens of witnesses in recounting the
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Hungary's MOL eyes acquisitions from Balkans to Pakistan
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL is interested in a number of potential acquisitions ranging from companies in the Balkans to Pakistan, senior company officials said Monday.
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Iran overtakes Saudi Arabia as China's top crude supplier in Oct
Iran ranked China's top supplier of crude in October with 1.67-mil mt, some 39.66% more than the previous month's 1.2-mil mt and up 85.14% on the year,
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Italy's ERG to spend $363-mil on ISAB refinery upgrades by 2007
Italian refiner ERG said Wednesday it plans to spend a total Eur307-mil ($363-mil) in the 2004-2007 period on upgrading its 380,000 b/d ISAB refining complex in southeast
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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Mixed sentiment on gasoline
European sulfur free gasoline barge values closed slightly lower Wednesday, following a day of mixed sentiment. The DOE reported a 0.999-mil barrel draw in mogas stocks. In
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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More China fuel oil importers fade away, eliminating competition
The pool of Chinese fuel oil importers forced to retreat to the sidelines by this year's persistently poor margins has grown as the year comes to an
Publication Date: DEC 2005
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