Energy Intelligence Briefing articles from January 2007

Energy Intelligence Briefing archives from January 2007

Global oil demand loses momentum as supply piles up.
January 5, 2007... NEW YORK -- The fourth quarter of 2006 was supposed to put global demand back on a road of firm growth, but warmer-than-normal winter weather and a deadpan consumer reaction to lower oil prices last fall were two barriers blocking a demand...

North Sea lemming-ade stand doesn't sell for traders.
January 16, 2007... LONDON -- By common consent, traders are routinely described as bulls or bears, depending upon their attitude to the market. Sharing a common denominator would, for the moment at least, be more accurate, and the animal that most naturally...

Global stocks fall in December but so does oil demand.
January 22, 2007... NEW YORK -- Commercial global oil inventories fell in December, which is not atypical for the season, but getting there was by no means straightforward. Demand for oil products was much lower than expected because of warmer-than-normal weather,...

Iraq's oil exports fall, more breathing space for Opec.
January 23, 2007... NEW YORK -- Opec has been under scrutiny for what seemed a halfhearted attempt to mop up excess crude oil supply, as it so far has only delivered on roughly half of the promised 1.2 million barrel per day output cut, but the producers'...

West African loadings looking strong if hazy for March.
January 30, 2007... LONDON -- West African crudes appear set for a stronger month of trading in March loaders, amid a fast take up of heavier grades and bullish price forecasts for lighter Nigerian crude. However, it is too early to say whether sentiment on...

Nigerian loadings for January 2007.
January 30, 2007... Nigerian Loadings For January 2007 Date Vol.* Seller Buyer Dest. Bonny Light 33.61[degrees]API, 0.14%S 1-2 950 Vitol IOC Asia 5-6 950 Arcadia ...

Angola loadings for January 2007.
January 30, 2007... Angola Loadings For January 2007 Date Vol.* Seller Buyer Dest. Cabinda 32.8 [degrees] API, 0.12%S 5-6 950 Sonangol Unipec Asia 10-11 950 Chevron Astra ...

West Africa loadings for January 2007.
January 30, 2007... West Africa Loadings For January 2007 Date Vol.* Seller Buyer Dest. Equatorial Guinea Zafiro 31.0 [degrees] API, 0.25%S 4-5 1000 Addax Repsol Med 8-9 ...

Winter's strike forces Moscow to slash loadings.
January 31, 2007... MOSCOW--The long-delayed arrival of winter has at last forced Moscow to cut back its plans for seaborne crude exports. February loadings are set to fall by over 115,000 barrels per day compared to January, with Russian pipeline monopoly...

Odessa crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 2-3 Kaztransoil 28 5-6 Kaztransoil 80 8-9 Kaztransoil 80 11-12 Kaztransoil 80 13-14 Kaztransoil ...

Yuzhny crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 5-6 TNK-BP Holding 80 8-9 TNK-BP Holding 80 10-11 Lukoil 80 15-16 Gazprom Neft 80 18-19 TNK-BP Holding ...

Gdansk crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 7-8 TNK-BP Holding 87 15-16 Kaztransoil [dagger] 114 18-19 Bashneft 100 21-22 TNK-BP Holding 100 24-25 Kaztransoil [dagger] ...

Tuapse crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 30-3 Lukoil 44 5-9 Gazprom Neft 80 11-13 TNK-BP Holding 46 15-18 Russneft 61 19-21 Lukoil ...

Primorsk crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 1 Lukoil (carried over from January) 100 2 TNK-BP Holding (carried over from January) 100 2 Kaztransoil (carried...

Novorossiysk crude loading program February 2007.
January 31, 2007... Date Position holder (producer) Vol.* 1 TNK-BP Holding (carried over from January) 135 2 Rosneft (carried over from January) 145 3-4 Rosneft 140 ...