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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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According to the IMF’s 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report , published August 3, oil and natural gas exports constituted 65 percent of exports, 52 percent of the Federal government budget, and 14.5 Russia supplied about 30 percent (146.6 in 2015 and 2016 respectively). percent of GDP in 2014.

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Day Of Reckoning For US Shale Will Have To Wait

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Maintaining access to finance can come at a price. Bond markets have essentially been ruled out as a new source of finance for high-yield producers. Moody’s Investors Service sees the contraction as too little to make a significant dent in the global supply gut. It is not a total win for the companies that are trying to hang on.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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CME Brent oil futures project continuity: as of August 18, 2015, CME Brent futures projected the price remaining below $60/bbl until June 2017. For Iran, the only other OPEC country for which the IEA provides domestic demand data, the increase in exports, 0.7 percent in 1H 2015. billion vs. $1.6 billion) and $1 billion ($2.5

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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Then again, there is a question about whether or not shale can really be a major source of supply over the long-term. By the 2020s, the IEA says, the world will once again be dependent on traditional sources of supply—largely from the Middle East. Maintaining access to finance can come at a price.

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