Search Results for: Russian oil
Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, and Israel are issuing a new series of natural gas exploration licenses
August 25th, 2016
The major natural gas reservoirs that have been discovered off the Mediterranean shores in recent years have made the region a focus of international interest. The past few months have been especially lively, with Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and Israel ...
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016
July 7th, 2016
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016, up 13 Percent from June 2015, and 15.1 Million Contracts per Day in Second-Quarter 2016, up 13 Percent from Second-Quarter 2015 Derivatives marketplace CME ...
Cyprus gas latest: Total to start drilling in early 2017
June 13th, 2016
French oil major Total will likely commence exploring for gas in their offshore Block 11 concession in early 2017, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Thursday. Speaking to the Sigma television channel, Lakkotrypis was also asked to comment on ...
Top 10 international law firm announced revenues of EUR 1bn for 2015
June 13th, 2016
CMS, the top 10 international law firm, today announces its financial results for 2015. Total annual revenues of EUR 1.01bn compared with 2014 revenues of EUR 934.5m, a year-on-year increase of 8.4% Net profit up 6.8% compared with 2014 ...
CME announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day
June 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day, up 6 percent fromMay 2015. CME Group May 2016 options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 10 percent versus May ...
Russia wins Hague court appeal over $50bn Yukos judgement
April 21st, 2016
A Dutch appeal court has overturned an arbitration court decision which required Russia to pay shareholders in the former Yukos oil company $50 billion, the Interfax news agency reports. “We have won our appeal of the arbitration court decision ...
Leading investor calls Russia ‘the bargain of the century’
April 18th, 2016
Despite a double whammy from international sanctions and the oil price crash, the Russian stock market now offers “the bargain of the century,” Templeton Emerging Markets’ executive chairman Mark Mobius told CNBC. “Russia is very cheap,” said Mobius. “The problem is ...
Can A Divided OPEC Agree On Anything In Doha?
April 6th, 2016
Only two weeks remain until the fated meeting between the OPEC countries and their counterparts from outside the organization, scheduled to take place in the Qatari capital of Doha on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The meeting could ...
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
April 4th, 2016
A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy. Though the ...
UBS, Credit Suisse interested in advising on Russia privatization
March 30th, 2016
Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are interested in advising the Russian government on several privatizations as long as the deals do not violate sanctions, three banking sources told Reuters. The banks responded to a request for proposals that ...
