Tag: OPEC

Late in the evening of 12 April (outside of signing of this number in print), the energy Ministers of the OPEC countries+ will hold a new videoconferencia – apparently, for the final initialling of the text of the agreement on joint reduction in the production of "black gold". In Russia, many industry experts believe that, without this agreement, the domestic producers would have to cut the power in half. Now the barrel there is every chance that his price went back to the bar at $40, maybe even higher. So the cost of the "barrel" will help the domestic budget go a year without "holes" that need to be close from the reserve funds. However, for the oil industry, revenues from which fill about half of the Treasury, and the contract threatens to decline by 15%.

An emergency meeting of OPEC countries+ scheduled for April 9, which will be held in format of teleconference – the center of attention of market players all over the world. The stakes are high: either the States together fail to agree on the reduction of production volumes of "black gold", or the barrel will fall to record low levels, bringing the economies of producing countries, and so lying on the side of the pandemic, a new untold disaster. A lot depends on participation in the dialogue States that have not previously been aside from cutting production. According to preliminary data, the consent to capacity limitation gave Norway, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, and Canada and the United States. However, the participation of the two countries in remote negotiations are not officially confirmed.

Global GDP due to the pandemic will not receive for two years of more than $5 trillion, which is comparable with the annual volume of industrial production of Japan, writes Bloomberg with reference to the assessment of the banks on wall street. However, as the epidemic of the coronavirus will not guarantee that the world will get off this damage, but not 2-3 times more. As for Russia, then, according to the respondents "MK" experts to judge its economic prospects and losses is even more thankless.

The issue of withdrawal from the moral and financial crisis after the quarantine, the viability of online shows and reduced ticket prices discussed creative Director and Director of state theatres. Of course, online.

OPEC members+ have agreed on a deal to reduce oil production. Its volume will be 10 million barrels per day. Another 5 million barrels per day promise to reduce the production of countries not participating in the agreement

Recently the Minister of Finance of his native country, Mr. Siluanov gave are things that I almost choked — and in the moment in a public place it could even be life-threatening. He said with a straight face that, first, "were the fat years", and secondly, that now "we need to begin to effectively develop the economy". What?

Russia and Saudi Arabia at the summit of OPEC countries+ held 9 April via videoconference, to discuss the possibility of reducing global production by 20%. This is with reference to its sources, reports Reuters. In turn, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), relying on its own channels of information, said that the overall discussion on capacity reduction of 20 million barrels per day. Earlier, Russia offered to cut the appetites of only 10 million "barrels" of which promised to take a limit of 1.6 million barrels a day. "Black gold" until it feels very uncomfortable. Rising on the eve of negotiations to $35, then the rate falls to $33.

The epidemic of the coronavirus, some countries even helps to solve their local problems. So, the consumption of energy in the world greatly reduced, hence the lower market value.

The Ministry of Finance announced the completion of the transaction to repurchase from the Central Bank controlling stake in Sberbank. The government paid for 52.3% of the shares of 2.14 trillion rubles, which is 300 billion less than previously planned amount. The Finance Ministry transferred all the money at once and not in several tranches, as originally intended. Such haste is explained by the fact that the government desperately needs money for anti-crisis measures. Now it is time for the Central Bank: the regulator needs to transfer a large part of the amount back to the Treasury. Understand in detail dokhtarironi castling.

The main intrigue of the world petroleum negotiations is whether countries involved in the new deal OPEC+, to persuade Mexico to accept the General conditions – lasted less than a day. Initially, Mexico refused to cut production by 400 thousand barrels per day. The next day the figure changed to 350 thousand, and the country was agree that 250 thousand of them took over the United States. Now the final approval of the transaction is expected in the evening of 10 April. In the conference of energy Ministers of "big twenty".