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[waldron] 26/4/2018 16:52

Total
51.94 +1.54%



Engie
14.39 +1.48%

Orange
15.01 +1.62%



FTSE 100
7,418.07 +0.53%
Dow Jones
24,259.12 +0.73%
CAC 40
5,453.58 +0.74%




BP
535.3 +2.16%



Shell A
2,502.5 -1.03%



Shell B
2,569 -0.73%



Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 73.56 +0.33%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.10 +0.33%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.83 +0.57%

[maywillow] 26/4/2018 10:27

26/04/2018 | 11:09
In line with its 2018-20 shareholder return policy, Total announces that its first interim dividend for 2018 is set at 0.64 euro per share, up 3.2% from the three down payments and the proposed balance for 2017.

The oil group's board of directors will meet on 19 September to decide on the conditions for the distribution of this first interim dividend in respect of 2018. It will be posted on 25 September.

The option to pay the deposit in new shares will be offered: according to the calendar, the option period will run from September 25 to October 4, for payment in cash or new shares on October 12.

[waldron] 26/4/2018 08:45

Total
51.58 +0.84%



Engie
14.215 +0.25%

Orange
14.78 +0.07%


BP
530 +1.15%



Shell A
2,477.5 -2.02%



Shell B
2,536.5 -1.99%


FTSE 100
7,375.12 -0.06%
Dow Jones
24,083.83 +0.25%
CAC 40
5,425.06 +0.22%

[waldron] 25/4/2018 17:58

Total
51.15 -1.33%


Engie
14.18 +0.21%

Orange
14.77 -0.27%

BP
524 -1.80%


FTSE 100
7,379.32 -0.62%
Dow Jones
23,952.81 -0.30%
CAC 40
5,413.3 -0.57%



Shell A
2,528.5 -0.82%



Shell B
2,588 -0.75%


Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 73.48 -0.54%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.08 -0.69%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.80 -0.57%

[waldron] 25/4/2018 09:18

Total
51.53 -0.60%


Engie
14.12 -0.21%

Orange
14.75 -0.41%

BP
524.9 -1.63%


TOMORROW




Shell A
2,532 -0.69%



Shell B
2,591.5 -0.61%



Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 74.08 +0.27%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.10 +0.12%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.80 -0.28%


FTSE 100
7,393.7 -0.43%
Dow Jones
24,024.13 -1.74%
CAC 40
5,424.61 -0.36%

[waldron] 24/4/2018 17:09

Total
51.84 +1.33%


Engie
14.15 -0.11%

Orange
14.81 -0.47%


BP
533.6 +2.30%


Shell A
2,549.5 +1.19%



Shell B
2,607.5 +1.24%


FTSE 100
7,425.4 +0.36%
Dow Jones
24,400.25 -0.20%
CAC 40
5,444.16 +0.10%


Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 74.76 -0.33%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.12 -0.61%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.81 +0.97%

[la forge] 24/4/2018 11:23

Zanganeh: Iran won’t award South Pars oil layer development to Total
today, 13:00Neftegaz.RU4

Teheran, April 24 - Neftegaz.RU. Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Iran is not going to hand over the development of South Pars oil layer to Total since the French oil giant has taken over Danish Maersk's oil division with which Iran was negotiating the project.



The minister said «The negotiations with Maersk had reached the final stages, however since the company’s oil division was taken over by French Total, the negotiations were disrupted,» Iranian Shana reported. «We are not going to award the project to Total,» he added.



According to the official, NIOC is ready to negotiate the development of the mentioned field with potential suitors, however there has not been any serious proposal after Maersk.



Zanganeh further said negotiations with foreign companies for development of some fields have reached their final stages but the names of these companies will be announce after signing the contracts. «There are some Russian companies among the candidates,» the official hinted.



Regarding the country’s oil exports, the minister noted that although the exports were down in some months, but the numbers rose back again and currently there is no problem in this regard and over 2.5 million barrels per day of crude oil and gas condensate is exported to the customers worldwide.

[waldron] 24/4/2018 08:58

Total
51.46 +0.59%


Engie
14.21 +0.32%

Orange
14.89 +0.07%



BP
530.2 +1.65%



Shell A
2,541.5 +0.87%



Shell B
2,600.5 +0.97%

FTSE 100
7,422.34 +0.32%
Dow Jones
24,448.69 -0.06%
CAC 40
5,437.21 -0.02%


Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 75.12 +0.15%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.14 +0.08%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.77 -0.47%

[grupo guitarlumber] 23/4/2018 16:47

Total
51.03 +0.77%


Engie
14.165 +0.21%

Orange
14.88 +0.81%

FTSE 100
7,403.99 +0.49%
Dow Jones
24,495.46 +0.13%
CAC 40
5,438.55 +0.48%


BP
521.5 +0.64%


Shell A
2,518 +0.84%


Shell B
2,576 +1.10%



Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 73.87 +0.29%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.10 +0.49%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.74 -0.36%

[waldron] 23/4/2018 08:21

Total
50.65 +0.02%



Engie
14.15 +0.11%

Orange
14.735 -0.17%


FTSE 100
7,366.51 -0.02%
Dow Jones
24,462.94 -0.82%
CAC 40
5,404.3 -0.16%


BP
518.1 -0.02%



Shell A
2,500 +0.12%



Shell B
2,553.5 +0.22%



Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 73.82 +0.22%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.09 +0.13%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.77 -0.22%

[maywillow] 22/4/2018 10:25

Is The Oil Market Ready For Sanctions On Iran?
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 21, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT Iran

Oil market participants and analysts will be intently watching the Trump Administration over the next month. May 12 is the deadline for the U.S. President to decide to waive sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear deal that global powers reached with Iran in 2015, allowing Tehran to resume oil exports and regain part of its market share.

The re-imposition of sanctions on Iran’s oil is not 100-percent certain, although the probability is high, various analysts say. The potential loss of Iran’s oil exports varies from zero to 1 million bpd, according to investment banks and analysts.

Iranian sanctions could add between $2 and $10 to oil prices this year, analysts polled by Bloomberg say.

The oil market—now at its tightest state in years—would feel an Iranian oil supply disruption much more than it would have felt it just a year or so ago when the global oil glut was more than 340 million barrels.

With the oil overhang in developed economies now virtually eliminated, the possible threat to supply from Iran is one of many geopolitical factors analysts are watching — Venezuela’s oil production and the possible escalation of the situations in Syria and Yemen are other high profile examples.

Without all those geopolitical concerns, market fundamentals alone hardly justify such high oil prices, some analysts say.

But here we are— the geopolitical risk premium is back in the oil market, and fears of supply disruptions, especially in the Middle East, are driving oil prices up.

Analysts have their reasons to believe that President Trump won’t waive Iran sanctions this time around.

President Trump warned in January when he waived the sanctions that it was the last such waiver, “but only in order to secure our European allies’ agreement to fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal.”

Related: IMF: Expect Oil To Fall Below $60

Since that waiver, President Trump has appointed a new National Security Advisor, John Bolton, who is extremely hawkish when it comes to Iran.

“The fact that there’s been a change of personnel in both the White House and the State Department pushes the probability up. It would have some impact on price, in the third and fourth quarters, on a couple-of-dollar basis. It’s a good even bet that it will or will not happen in May,” according to Ed Morse, global head of commodities research at Citigroup.

Earlier this week, Citigroup raised its 2018 and 2019 oil price forecasts by $5 to $6 per barrel for Brent, on the back of potential loss of supply from Iran and further Venezuela production losses. Citigroup now expects Brent to average $65 a barrel this year and $55 per barrel next year.

It’s uncertain how much Iranian oil could be removed from the market in case of no-waiver in May. According to Citigroup, it could be anywhere from 200,000 bpd to 1 million bpd if the Iran nuclear deal collapses.

Mike Wittner, head of oil market research at Societe Generale, tells Bloomberg that there is a 70-percent chance of Iran oil sanctions returning, which would have a $10 a barrel impact on oil prices, of which $5 is already priced in. SocGen’s base-case scenario is sanctions implemented in two to three months after May 12, and removing 500,000 bpd of Iranian oil, “much less than in 2012.”

According to Fereidun Fesharaki, chairman of energy consultancy Facts Global Energy (FGE) and a former energy adviser to the prime minister of Iran in the 1970s, there is a 90-percent chance of the Trump Administration walking out of the nuclear deal. This could lead to “sanctions within 180 days, but markets have not priced it in.”

Saxo Bank said in its Q2 quarterly outlook that the appointment of Bolton increases the risk of the U.S. slapping fresh sanctions on Iran, and those restrictions “would likely reduce the country’s ability to produce and export crude oil at the current rate.”

“We expect to see Brent crude remain mostly stuck within the established $10 range with tough U.S.-Russia tensions and U.S. sanctions against Iran potentially giving it a temporary boost towards $75/b. Geopolitical risk spikes can be vicious but tend to lack longevity. Unless supply is threatened, such spikes could add extra non-OPEC barrels while potentially raising growth and demand risk,” Saxo Bank said.

Related: The Bullish And Bearish Case For Oil

Iran is bracing for sanctions, and moved this week to begin using the euro instead of the U.S. dollar for its foreign currency data references. Sara Vakshouri, head of consultancy SVB Energy International, told Platts that this move could be an attempt to curb the impact of fresh sanctions by taking the dollar out of transactions, but it is unlikely to completely protect Iran from sanctions.

“With regard to the oil purchases, as part of its market share policy under sanctions, Iran might agree to receive its oil payments in the local currency of the importers or to received goods and/or services in return for its oil,” Vakshouri told Platts, but noted that Iran’s economy as a whole would be affected even if Tehran is able to continue selling oil internationally.

“Unilateral and multilateral restrictions and sanctions will have their own negative impacts on Iran’s economy, even if it is still able to continue oil exports”, Vakshouri noted.

One thing is certain about possible Iranian sanctions—at present their impact on Iran’s oil exports and the global oil markets is highly uncertain and will keep the market on edge at least until May 12.

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com

[waldron] 21/4/2018 06:20

Total
50.64 +0.68%


Engie
14.135 +0.32%

Orange
14.76 +1.72%

FTSE 100
7,368.17 +0.54%
Dow Jones
24,462.94 -0.82%
CAC 40
5,412.83 +0.39%




BP
518.2 +0.33%



Shell A
2,497 +0.52%



Shell B
2,548 +0.51%

[waldron] 20/4/2018 12:41

Total
50.73 +0.85%



Engie
14.16 +0.50%

Orange
14.755 +1.69%


BP
516.3 -0.04%


Shell A
2,502.5 +0.74%



Shell B
2,548 +0.51%


FTSE 100
7,360.85 +0.44%
Dow Jones
24,664.89 +0.00%
CAC 40
5,414.43 +0.42%


Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 73.14 -0.62%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.07 -0.37%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.67 -0.22%

[waldron] 20/4/2018 08:35

Total
50.27 -0.06%


Engie
14.165 +0.53%

Orange
14.575 +0.45%


BP
516.4 -0.02%



Shell A
2,503 +0.76%



Shell B
2,551.5 +0.65%


FTSE 100
7,363.87 +0.48%
Dow Jones
24,664.89 -0.34%
CAC 40
5,388.65 -0.06%

[sarkasm] 20/4/2018 07:55

Brazil prosecutor warns against Total drilling near Amazon coral reef

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© Mauro Pimentel, AFP| Greenpeace activists protest against oil exploitation in the Amazon reef, in front of the Total offices in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 28, 2017.

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A Brazilian prosecutor warned of "ecocide" in recommending against a drilling license for French oil major Total close to a huge coral reef near the mouth of the Amazon River.

The prosecutor's office for Amapa state said "the only way to guarantee avoiding environmental damage to the area is to deny the license."

"Authorizing oil drilling activity without adequate studies violates the international obligations that Brazil has signed," the prosecutor's office said late Wednesday, warning of "large-scale environmental destruction that would amount to ecocide and a crime against humanity."

The recommendation was sent to the government environmental agency Ibama, which has 10 days to respond.
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On Tuesday, environmental campaigners Greenpeace said that a previously discovered coral reef had been found to extend right into where Total plans to drill.

The enormous reef was found in 2016, but is only now said to overlap directly with Total's blocks, 75 miles (120 km) off the Brazilian coast, the group said.

The finding, made during a research expedition, invalidates Total's environmental impact assessment, which is based on the reefs being located at least five miles (eight kilometers) from drilling, Greenpeace said.

Contacted by AFP, Total declined to comment.

In 2013, Total joined BP and Brazil's Petrobras to buy the exploration blocks near the mouth of the Amazon. But they have yet to secure the go-ahead from Brazilian environmental authorities to start drilling.

In August, the regulator Ibama told Total it would have to provide additional information.

(AFP)

Date created : 2018-04-20

[waldron] 19/4/2018 17:18

Total
50.3 +1.21%


Engie
14.09 +0.64%

Orange
14.51 -0.14%


BP
516.5 +1.35%


Shell A
2,484 +1.51%



Shell B
2,535 +1.89%


FTSE 100
7,328.92 +0.16%
Dow Jones
24,616.49 -0.53%
CAC 40
5,391.64 +0.21%



Brent Crude Oil NYMEX 74.34 +0.73%
Gasoline NYMEX 2.09 +0.48%
Natural Gas NYMEX 2.68 -2.22%