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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Russia supplied about 30 percent (146.6 The decision also has impacted natural gas export prices negatively, since, for Russia's long-term supply agreements, they wholly or partially are indexed to oil prices. They include bans on financing for and the supply of critical equipment and technology to important Russian energy projects.

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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. rig count has declined by more than half, U.S.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy markets shift to the East. Other OPEC members agreed to similar deals, ensuring perpetual global demand for greenbacks.

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

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For Iran, the only other OPEC country for which the IEA provides domestic demand data, the increase in exports, 0.7 Interestingly, also, the Saudis increased their share of OPEC average daily output in the first half of 2015 over 2014 average daily volume—and their share of average daily global output. percentage points.