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Shipping still hampered by ice in eastern Germany
Shipping continues barred or hindered by solid and floating ice in from northern to southern Germany, mainly in the country's eastern regions, according to reports by German
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Strong downtrend
Rates fell in the majority of dirty freight markets over the week, with VLCCs and suezmaxes bearing the brunt of the losses. Tonnage had built up in
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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's Tupras plans to continue as normal despite court ruling
The newly appointed board of Turkish oil refiner Tupras Monday said it was continuing with business as normal despite last week's ruling by Turkey's highest court halting
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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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Urals weaker in NWE
Urals values in NWE were seen edging lower later in the week as a healthy availability was putting pressure on the market. Earlier in the week trades
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Value stable
Values on light sweet were seen stable with the Azeri loading dates filtering through while traders were trying to gauge the direction of the market. Early March
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
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CPC gets under pressure
CPC was seen coming off as lacklustre interest in the Med was weighing on the differentials. Litasco offered a 17-20 cargo down to Dated minus 10cts/bbl, 135kt,
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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Crude imports recover, pushing stocks higher
US commercial crude stocks climbed 1.9-mil bbl the week ending Jan 27, but 1.8-mil bbl of the total increase occurred in PADD V (West Coast), a region
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DFLs $/bbl (Feb 02)
DFLs $/bbl (Feb 02)
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Daily prices ($/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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Dirty freight rates (WS)
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EU clears ConocoPhillips' acquisition of Louis Dreyfus refinery
The European Commission said Wednesday it cleared the proposed acquisition by ConocoPhillips of Louis Dreyfus's 275,000 b/d Wilhelmshaven refinery on Germany's North Sea coast. ConocoPhillips agreed in
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Events
Annual Russian Economic Forum will be held in London for the 9th time on 23-25 April 2006. The event will take place at The Queen Elizabeth II
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
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Gasoline and naphtha weaken
Gasoline values weakened Thursday as traders saw mounting supply in the region. While there was nothing distressed in the market, traders noted more on offer against minimal
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Gulfsands says Gulf of Mexico output at 70% of pre-Rita
Gulfsands Petroleum, an AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company, has increased its production in the US Gulf of Mexico towards levels seen before Hurricane Rita hit the
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Iraq has not scrapped oil deals with Total, others: Chalabi
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi said Wednesday that Iraq planned to raise its crude production capacity to 3.5-mil b/d by the end of 2006 from existing
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Lukoil optimistic about progress on Iraqi West Qurna contract: FT
Lukoil, Russia's largest oil company, is on the verge of reopening negotiations with Iraq on the Arab country's most lucrative oil development contract, the Financial Times reported
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
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OPEC seals 'unanimous' deal to maintain current output
OPEC ministers Tuesday sealed a widely anticipated deal to maintain current crude output levels and leave their formal 10-member output ceiling at 28-mil b/d for the time
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
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Oversupply of tonnage in the AG
Freight rates in Arab Gulf spent another week under sharp downward pressure due to an abundance of quality vessels in the region. Ships have returned to the
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Prompt curve flips into backwardation
A two-tier market developed in the North Sea this week with the prompt Dated Brent/BFO curve flipping into backwardation while price differentials for other grades came under
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Putin hopes for acceptable Russia-Ukraine outcome
Russian president Vladimir Putin Monday expressed hope that Russia and Ukraine would manage to find a mutually acceptable decision to secure stable natural gas deliveries to Europe
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Putin says Russia won't nationalize private oil firms
Russia plans to build large international energy companies in the country but has no plans to nationalize private oil and gas firms, Russia's president Vladimir Putin said
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Russia's Gazprom discusses cooperation with Algeria, Libya
Russia's gas giant Gazprom discussed oil and gas cooperation with Algeria and Libya at the weekend during Gazprom deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev's visit to these countries, Gazprom
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Russia's Yukos sees 2006 crude output flat on year at 462,000 b/d
Russia's crude producer Yukos plans to produce 23.4-mil mt (462,000 b/d) of crude this year, almost unchanged year-on-year, the company said Wednesday. In 2005, the company's main
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Shell delivers Trym field development plan to Norway oil ministry Oslo
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has delivered Tuesday a plan for development of the small Trym oil field to the Norwegian petroleum and energy ministry, Shell said
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Statoil says evaluating sale of its Irish downstream business
Norway's Statoil is studying the possible sale of its Irish retail and commercial fuel business to focus on growing markets in Scandinavia and eastern Europe, the company
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Sweet/Sour Differentials
Sweet/Sour Differentials
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Tanker freight rates
Tanker freight rates
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UK's Caspian starts Kazakh oil deliveries, shares jump 22%
Caspian Holdings, a UK-based start-up with Kazakh oil licenses, has started deliveries of Zhengeldy crude oil to KazMunaiGas export facility at Karsak in Western Kazakhstan, the company
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Urals CFD $/bbl
Urals CFD $/bbl
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Urals Med/NWE outright prices
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Urals softer in Med, steady to firmer in NWE
Urals values in the Med appeared to be coming under pressure as lack of demand was putting pressure on diffs. "Lack of demand, no arb, plenty of
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Urals vs Dated Brent ($/bl)
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VLCC rates reverse as Chinese holidays halt demand
Recently-firm VLCC rates from the AG appeared to plateau and then start to fall in the week to Feb 1, as the early-month frenzy of fixing activity
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VOPAK breaks ground on tank farm expansion in Rotterdam
VOPAK, the operator of oil storage terminals in 29 countries, is preparing to break ground on an extension to its Rotterdam facility that will boost gross capacity
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Weather outlook
Weather outlook
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Afra, suez weakness continues, VLCC markets rebound
The sharpest move in dirty freight markets during the came in suezmax and aframax markets west of Suez, where rates continued to fall significantly. Market participants said
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Bad weather halts berthings at Sicily's Santa Panagia Bay port
Bad weather and heavy seas have halted berthing operations at Santa Panagia Bay on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, port agents said Monday, although vessels are still
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Cheaper freight opens US arbitrage for Russian Urals crude: trade
Cheaper freight rates have made possible the arbitrage economics for cargoes of Russia's Urals crude to be shipped from Northwest Europe to the US, trading sources said
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China's CNPC posts $21.77-bil profit for 2005, up 36.3% on year
China National Petroleum Corp raked in Yuan 175.6-bil ($21.77-bil) profit in 2005, up 36.3% from 2005, vice-president of the Chinese state-owned oil giant Jiang Jieming said during
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Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
Crude differentials to Brent $/bl
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DFLs $/bbl (Jan 19)
DFLs $/bbl (Jan 19)
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Daily prices ($/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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Dirty freight rates (WS)
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European gasoline barges trade at four-month high, above $600/mt
Premium unleaded 10ppm gasoline barges in the trading hub of Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp have exchanged hands at a four-month high, trading above $600/mt for the first time since October
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Freight in $/bbl
Freight in $/bbl
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Freight rates for AG-east soften, while Singapore-Japan surge
Freight costs for AG-Japan for 55,000mt- (LR1) and 75,000mt-class (LR2) vessels started to weaken this last week, with downward pressure on rates particularly prevalent in the LR2
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Gazprom cuts gas volumes to Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Russia's Gazprom began cutting gas volumes to Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina Tuesday due to record freezing temperatures in Russia, a spokeswoman with Gazexport, Gazprom's export arm, said Wednesday.
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IEA says demand for OPEC oil in Q2 could be higher than projected
Latest figures published by the International Energy Agency predict that demand for OPEC oil will fall by 1.9-mil b/d in the second quarter, from an average 29.1-mil
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Inpex to proceed with Azadegan development in 2006
Japanese upstream player Inpex Corp hopes to start developing the multi-billion-dollar Azadegan oil field in Iran in 2006, Inpex president Naoki Kuroda said last week. "We have
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Iran places 14-mil bbl unsold crude on tanker storage: source
Up to 14-mil bbl of Iranian crude oil is currently in storage on VLCCs offshore Iran as the National Iranian Oil Company struggles to sell the barrels,
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Iran's 2005 oil export revenues top $42-bil: officials
OPEC oil producer Iran has earned more than $42-bil from the sale of crude oil in 2005 and is basing its next state budget on an oil
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Iraq resumes crude flows to Ceyhan at 22,000 bbl/hour: source
Iraq has resumed flows of Kirkuk crude to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan at a rate of 22,000 bbl/hour, bringing stocks to some 2-mil bbl, a
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Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz 2005 crude output up 5% to 187,280 b/d
Kazakhastan's KazMunaiGaz produced 9.364-mil mt (187,280 b/d) of crude and condensate in 2005, 5% more than in 2004, the company said on the weekend. KazMunaiGaz attributed the
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Lawmakers submit draft to denounce Russia-Ukraine gas deal
Ukrainian lawmakers, loyal to former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, submitted to Parliament a draft law that calls for denouncing a recent natural gas supply agreement between Ukraine
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Market shrugs off Nigeria supply shut-ins
The prompt Dated Brent/BFO Contract-for-Difference week has barely reacted to news of Nigeria's supply disruptions, suggesting the North Sea market is still sceptical the US will start
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Mediterranean sweet crudes ($/bl)
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Norway oil export earnings rose in 2005 despite volume fall
The value of Norwegian crude oil exports rose by NOK 60-bil ($9-bil) to NOK 297-bil ($44.8-bil) in 2005 in spite of volumes having dropped by 82-mil bbl
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Official selling prices
Official selling prices
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Oil spill from export line in central Russia cleaned up: ministry
Russia's natural resources ministry Monday said it had cleaned up a damage from a two-day old oil spill at the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Samara region
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Putin, Merkel discuss Russian-German cooperation in Moscow
Russia's president Vladimir Putin has met with Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow to discuss commercial and economic ties and energy-related cooperation, the Kremlin's press service said
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Russia's finance minister served with summons in Yukos case in US
Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin late last week was served with a summons in a civil case brought by Yukos minority shareholders in the US, nearly three
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Russian 2006 oil output to rise 2% to 9.6-mil b/d:energy official
Russia's oil output is expected to grow by 2% to 482-mil mt (9.6-mil b/d) this year, from 470-mil mt pumped in 2005, head of Russia's federal energy
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Saharan firms
Saharan was seen firming over the week as February was seen as largely placed. The Feb OSP has been set at Dated plus 95cts/bbl, which a number
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Saudi Arabia expanding capacity but sees future demand challenge
Saudi Arabia will increase crude oil production capacity to 12.5-mil b/d by the end of the decade but meeting future oil demand will be a challenge for
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