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's 的 festive season alright and one to be particularly merry if you'd gone long on 的 price of black gold 的se past few weeks. The Brent forward month futures contract is back above 我们 $110 per barrel.
另一个(叹气!)
南苏丹爆发敌对行动道达尔(Total)炼油厂的一次法国罢工,美国积极数据以及利比亚港口停滞不前的走势给多头提供了很多饲料。也许这是一个快乐的季节,但这不是一个愚蠢的季节,因此,不应该怪罪城交易者对过去两周的反应做出反应。面对现实吧–除了南苏丹的事件突然升级外,上述其他三件事是在 煮一会儿。圣诞节前只有一些获利回吐阻止布伦特原油进一步上涨。
Forget 的 traders, think of French motorists as three of Total's five refineries in 的 country are currently strike ridden. We are talking 339,000 barrels per day (bpd) 在 贡弗维尔, 155,000 bpd 在 拉梅德 and another 119,000 bpd 在 费津 being offline for 的 moment – just in case you think 的 油腻的 is exaggerating a very French affair!
从法国事务到法国外汇分析师的想法–法国兴业银行(SociétéGénérale)的塞巴斯蒂安(Sebastien Galy)认为荷兰的疾病正在蔓延。 “过去十年的商品热潮使商品生产者的非商品部门价格过高,而少数新兴市场的通货膨胀问题棘手。从澳大利亚储备银行到诺日斯银行或加拿大银行的多家中央银行都有一直忙于通过降低货币汇率来缓解这一问题。”
Galy adds that 的 bearish Aussie dollar view was gaining traction, though 的 bearish Canadian dollar viewpoint hasn't got quite that many takers (yet!). One to watch out for in 的 New Year! In 的 wind down to year-end, Moody's and Fitch Ratings have taken some interesting 'crude' ratings actions over 的 last six weeks. Yours truly can't catalogue all, but here's a sample.
最近,穆迪(Moody's)确认阿布扎比国家能源公司(TAQA)的A3长期发行人评级,TAQA 35亿林吉特回教债券的(P)A3评级。 计划,TAQA的90亿美元全球中期票据计划的(P)A3,A3评级的债务工具和P-2短期发行人的评级。基准信用评估已从ba1降级为ba2;前景稳定。它还提高了俄罗斯亚博备用国际控股有限公司(RIHL;以前的
TNK-BP国际)从Baa2到Baa1。
Going 的 other way, it changed 阿纳达科's rating outlook to developing from positive. 它 followed 的 十二月 12 release of an interim memorandum of opinion by 的 我们 Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York regarding 的
Tronox诉讼.
该机构还将PDVSA的外币债券评级和全球本地货币评级分别从B2和B1下调至Caa1,并对评级维持负面看法。此外,它将CITGO Petroleum的公司家族评级从Ba2降级为B1;从Ba2-PD到B1-PD的默认评级概率;并为其从B2,LGD3-41%向B1,LGD3-43%的定期贷款,票据和工业收入债券提供高级担保评级。
Moving on to Fitch Ratings, given what's afoot in 利比亚, it revised 的 它aly-based 利比亚-exposed ENI's outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its long-term Issuer Default Rating and senior unsecured rating 在 'A+'.
它 also said delays to 的 production ramp-up 在 的
哈萨克斯坦的卡沙甘油田 were likely to hinder 的 performance of ENI's upstream strategy in 2014. Additionally, Fitch Ratings affirmed Shell's long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 在 'AA' with a stable outlook.
阿曼政府为提高产量, 被广泛认为可以提供 more action and generous terms to IOCs than 的y'd get anywhere else in 的 中东. By inking a 30-year gas production sharing and sales deal to develop 的 卡赞致密气项目 in central 阿曼, 的 oil major has landed a big one.
血压 first won 的 concession in 2007. The much touted Block 61 sees a 60:40 stake split between 血压 and 阿曼 Oil Company (E&P). The project aims to extract around 1 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day of gas. The first gas from 的 project is expected in late 2017 and 血压 is also hoping to pump around 25,000 bpd of light oil from 的 site.
亚博备用专业的老板鲍勃·达德利,
从他的伊拉克历险中崭露头角, was on hand to note: "This enables 血压 to bring to 阿曼 的 experience it has built up in tight gas production over many decades."
阿曼's total oil production, as of H1 2013, was around 944,200 bpd. As 的 country's ministers were cooing about 的 deal, 的 judiciary, with no sense of timing, put nine state officials and private sector executives on trial for charges of alleged taking or offering of bribes, in a widening onslaught on corruption in 的 sultanate's oil industry and related sectors.
时机不佳,阿曼应该努力清理,因此值得赞扬 its act. That's all for 的 moment folks! Have a Happy Christmas! Keep reading, keep it 'crude'!