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Russian Tatneft's Oct oil output up 1.9% on month to 2.12-mil mt
Tatneft, the main oil producer in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, saw its October crude output at 2.12-mil mt (500,093 b/d), 1.9% more than in September, the
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian Transneft to export 243-mil mt in 2005, less than planned
Russia's trunk oil pipeline operator Transneft forecasts crude exports to reach 243-mil mt (4.86-mil b/d) of oil in 2005, 2.8% lower than expected, Transneft president Simon Weinstock
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian Yuganskneftegaz oil output down 2% over Jan-Sep period
Russia's Yuganskneftegaz, the main production unit of state-owned Rosneft, produced 38-mil mt (1.02-mil b/d) of oil in the first nine months of 2005, Yuganskneftegaz director general Sergei
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian ministry agrees to new East Siberian oil pipeline route
Russia's natural resources ministry has backed a schedule for design and construction works of a new East Siberian oil pipeline route, with a location of a planned
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Samsung wins $425-mil ice-breaking oil vessels order from Russia
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co said Monday it had won a Won 442.2-bil ($424.8-mil) order from Russia to build three ice-breaking oil carriers. Under the contract,
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Saudi Aramco shuts Yanbu refinery from Nov 12 for upgrade, work
Saudi Aramco has shut its 170,000 b/d Yanbu refinery Nov 12 as scheduled for 35 days for maintenance work and a capacity update, a Saudi Aramco spokesman
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Suez Canal traffic falls in September to 303 oil tankers
Some 305 oil tankers passed through the Suez Canal in September, compared with 322 in August and 312 in July, the Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Sweet holds stable values
The market was anticipating the release of the Saharan OSP for December with traders expecting a slight cut from the November OSP. While few weeks ago Saharan
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
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Tanker congestion builds at Turkish straits: sources
Tanker delays are mounting at Turkey's Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, bunker, shipping and port sources said Thursday, with worst-case delays spiralling up to 16 days. Port agents
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Ukraine, Kazakhstan to hold Caspian Sea oil talks this week
Ukraine will seek to secure supplies of Caspian Sea crude from Kazakhstan at talks that are scheduled for later this week, the press service of Ukrainian President
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
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Urals hover between Dated-$3/$4/bbl
Urals values were hovering between Dated minus $3 to 4/bbl in the week, with the price affected by the movements in the fuel oil crack, the flat
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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VLCC rates strengthen east of Suez
VLCC rates east of Suez rose sharply during the week to Nov 16, as a heavy round of fixing ahead of December stem nominations in the Persian
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Yukos' unit sees 2005 oil output at 9.6-mil mt, down 22% on year
Russia's oil producer Samaraneftegaz, part of embattled Yukos, forecast 2005 oil output to amount to 9.62-mil mt (192,440 b/d), down 22.4% from 12.4-mil mt produced in 2004
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Algeria signs five-year crude supply agreement with US' Valero
Algeria's state oil and gas company Sonatrach Wednesday signed a five-year oil supply agreement with US-based Valero Energy, the largest refiner in North America, covering the delivery
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Calgary-listed Big Sky sees start of Kazakh oil output Dec 15
Calgary-listed Big Sky Energy expects to start its first production in Kazakhstan on Dec 15, producing at around 6,000 b/d from its Morskoe license area near Atyrau,
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Contango supports Urals values
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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DFLs $/bbl (Nov 10)
DFLs $/bbl (Nov 10)
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Dated flipped into contango
The Dated Brent/BFO softened throughout the week and finally flipped from backwardation into contango as Brent lost its recent shine. Shell's Brent buying spree, the oil major
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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EA cuts Q4, 2006 global oil demand growth estimates
As the market structure finally flipped back into contango, after backwardation in the front month during October, Urals values were getting support. On Thursday, BP bid for
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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European naphtha prices slide
Northwest European naphtha prices continued to slide as an overhang of prompt supplies builds in the region, traders said. A weak gasoline market and problems at several
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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IEA sees higher oil prices, risk of investment delay
The International Energy Agency, an adviser to 26 industrialized countries, has lifted its oil-price forecast to 2010 and sees a risk Middle East and North African countries
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Iraq says earning $88-mil daily from oil exports of 1.6-mil b/d
A barrel of Iraqi crude oil is selling at an average $55/bbl on the world market with current exports running at an average 1.6-mil b/d, Iraqi oil
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Japan bank loans $649-mil to Inpex for Kashagan oil development
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed an agreement to loan Inpex up to $649-mil, which will go towards the Japanese upstream player's equity financing of
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Moscow Refinery won't be disrupted by ownership changes: Sibneft
The 200,000 b/d Moscow Refinery will continue to operate normally following a court ruling which effectively settles a dispute over control over the plant, Russian oil major
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Netherlands prepares to switch diesel stocks to 'sulfur free'
The Netherlands is preparing to sell its strategic stocks of 50 parts per million sulfur diesel to replace them with cleaner, 10ppm diesel this winter, the Netherlands
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Norwegian September oil output slips to 2.54-mil b/d
Norwegian oil output continued its recent downward trend in September, falling to 2.54-mil b/d from 2.6-mil b/d in the same month a year earlier, the Norwegian Petroleum
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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OPEC-10 October output falls 50,000 b/d to 28.27-mil b/d: survey
Crude production from OPEC's 11 members fell 240,000 b/d to 30.07-mil b/d in October from 30.31-mil b/d in September, a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Oil industry profits not out of line, CEOs tell senators
The heads of the five largest US oil companies testified before an unprecedented joint Senate committee hearing Wednesday to explain and justify the industry's recent record profits
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Rates for clean tankers take a tumble
There has been significant moves in all key shipping markets over the last week with heavy falls in rates in the NW Europe, transAtlantic and SE Asia
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia adopts international standards to assess oil, gas reserves
Russia is to switch from existing Soviet methodology on oil and gas reserves' calculations to a new system starting from 2009 to bring the country's reserves data
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia to consider tax incentive for LNG projects
Russia plans in late November or early December to consider scrapping Statutory exports duties for liquefied natural gas in a bid to attract investments in the country's
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia's Lukoil to set up new unit to manage lubricants business
Russia's biggest oil producer Lukoil has decided to set up a 100% subsidiary to manage the production and marketing of lubricants as part of efforts to expand
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia's Rosneft board delays approval of consolidation plan
The board of directors of Russia's state-owned Rosneft has indefinitely postponed approval of the company's consolidation plan, the firm said late Wednesday. "The board of directors decided
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia's Sibneft,Tatneft win control over Moscow refinery: report
Russian oil producers Sibneft and Tatneft has received control of Moscow refinery, following a court decision Tuesday to ban the refinery from paying dividends on preferred shares
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russia's Surgutneftegaz Oct oil output up 15% to 6.1-mil mt
Russia's fourth largest oil producer Surgutenftegaz produced 6.1-mil mt (1.44-mil b/d) of crude in October, up 15% from 5.3-mil mt (1.29-mil b/d) produced in September, the firm
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian October oil exports to China almost treble to 152,700 b/d
State-owned railroad operator Russian Railways transported 648,500 mt (152,700 b/d) of crude to China by rail in October, up almost three times on the same period a
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian Transneft eyes higher crude transport fees from Jan 1
Russia's state pipeline monopoly Transneft has applied for a 11.3% increase in tariffs for transporting crude via the country's trunk pipeline system from the start of 2006,
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian ecologists continue fight against Asia oil pipeline route
Environmental organizations Tuesday once again called for an alternative route and terminal location for the $11.5-bil East Siberian oil pipeline project, just a week before the final
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian natural resources ministry to make inventory of wells
Russia's natural resources ministry plans to make an inventory of all wells in the country as no such records have been made since privatization in the 1990s,
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian oil exports amount to 174.55-mil mt in Jan-Sep: customs
Russia exported 174.55-mil mt (4.67-mil b/d) in the first nine months of 2005, the national federal customs service said Thursday without providing comparisons due to changes in
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Russian product exports total 71.27-mil mt in Jan-Sep: customs
Russia exported 71.27-mil mt of oil products in the first nine months of 2005, the national federal customs service said Thursday without providing comparisons due to changes
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Sale of Turkish refiner Tupras receives final approval
Turkey's Higher Council for Privatization (OYK) Tuesday announced that it had approved the sale of a 51% controlling stake in state oil refiner Tupras for $4.14-bil to
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Sweet starts feeling the pressure
Light grades were beginning to feel the pressure as poor margins and shut arbs were seen taking their toll. Buying ideas on Saharan were seen coming under
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Syria extends bid deadline for nine onshore blocks: official
Syria has agreed to a request by foreign oil companies to extend the bid deadline for nine blocks it offered in April to the end of this
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Turkish Straits by-pass line to connect Black Sea to Ceyhan: Eni
Italy's Eni has agreed with Turkey's Calik group to build a 1-mil b/d oil pipeline across Turkey to help transport crude from its giant Kashagan oilfield in
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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UAE says oil prices not expected to rise much beyond recent level
UAE oil minister Mohammed Dhaen al-Hamli was quoted Monday as saying he did not expect oil prices to rise much above levels seen in recent months because
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Ukraine to auction oil, gas production licenses next month
The Ukrainian government plans to auction five oil and gas production licences for existing state-owned fields on Dec 4, environment minister Pavlo Ihnatenko said Tuesday. The government
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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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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VLCC rates firm globally
After slowly building for the past few weeks, the VLCC market began to show serious strength this week. Rates posted 15-25 Worldscale point increases in most markets,
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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DFLs $/bbl (Nov 03)
DFLs $/bbl (Nov 03)
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Daily prices ($/bbl)
Daily prices ($/bbl)
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Dated Brent ($/bl)
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Dated market expected to fall
The Dated Brent/BFO assessment is expected to fall sharply after this week on belief that Shell's recent demand for Brent will start to wane. Brent, currently setting
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
Differential to dated Brent $/bbl
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Diffs mostly stable
Light sweet grades were seen holding mostly stable values this week as margins were providing floor for differentials. "Sweet are still advantaged enough to give people options,"
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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European lifters divided on Saudi December OSPs
European lifters of Saudi crude appeared to be divided Wednesday over the December official selling prices released by Saudi Aramco earlier in the day, although prevailing opinion
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Flows of Kazakh Kumkol crude to China expected to rise: sources
PetroKazakhstan is expected to start shipping increased amounts of Kumkol crude via the China-Kazakhstan pipeline due to come online in December and may reduce shippings via the
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Global freight rates soften
Freight rates in all key shipping markets both east and west of Suez softened over the last week as demand tappered off, ships returned to their respective
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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Holidays see thin activity
Dirty shipping markets were relatively flat and inactive during the week to Nov2, with holidays in key countries both east and west of Suez seeing a sharp
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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IEA urges Mideast oil producers to invest in capacity expansion
OPEC powerhouse Saudi Arabia will need to "almost double" its oil output by 2030 from about 10-mil b/d now if it is to help meet growing world
Publication Date: NOV 2005
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