Russia & FSU
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November 02, 2020
OPEC+, led by Russia and Saudi Arabia, was already considering postponing the supply increase planned for January as oil prices faltered.
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November 02, 2020
Discussions between Russian oil companies and Energy Minister Alexander Novak over the possibility of delaying a planned OPEC+ output bolster optimism the group won’t add more supply than the market can absorb as Europe enters a new round of lockdowns.
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October 23, 2020
While Putin said his preference was to adhere to the current plan, his comments are a show of unity between Russia and Saudi Arabia, whose leaders have been engaged in intense telephone diplomacy this month.
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October 15, 2020
The nation’s producers, which have reduced oil drilling by as much as one-third so far this year, may cut it by a further 20% in 2021, said Vitaly Dokunikhin, CEO at Eriell Russia.
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October 14, 2020
Currently, “we expect we will be able to gradually raise production, in line with the conditions of the agreement, without harming the market,” Alexander Novak said in his column for the October issue of Energy Policy magazine.
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October 07, 2020
The regulator said the 9.5 billion-euro ($11 billion) pipeline will impede competition and “violates the interests of consumers.”
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September 28, 2020
The conflict centers on the Nagorno-Karabakh region claimed by both countries. In theory, it has the potential to disrupt oil and gas flows from Azerbaijan, since export pipelines from the Caspian Sea region’s second-biggest crude producer run within just 10 miles of its border with Armenia.
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September 11, 2020
On September 17th, Saudi Arabia and Russia will chair a monitoring meeting to assess whether the vast production cuts, which they started easing in August, are still staving off an oil glut. New signs of exporters reneging on the deal aren’t helping.
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January 02, 2020
Despite being one of the architects of the original 2016 deal, Moscow has a poor record of fulfilling its pledged production cuts and has come under pressure from its allies to do better.
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December 31, 2019
At stake are crude deliveries to Belarus totaling 24 million tons a year, while the future of transit volumes -- supplies passing through the country en route to Europe -- remains uncertain.
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December 27, 2019
OPEC+ output cuts have stabilized the global oil market but can’t last forever, Russia said as uncertainty persists over the future of the agreement beyond March.
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December 23, 2019
Equinor and Rosneft have taken an investment decision on the first stage of the North Komsomolskoye full field development.
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December 16, 2019
Petrofac, in a joint venture (JV) with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), has secured a project management services contract to support BP’s operations in Azerbaijan and Georgia.
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November 29, 2019
OPEC and its allies sent more signals that they’ll stick with existing output cuts at their meeting next week.
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November 27, 2019
Russia, OPEC’s largest ally in a deal to cut oil production, is once again failing to keep its side of the bargain.
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November 04, 2019
MOL has signed an agreement with Chevron Global Ventures Ltd and Chevron BTC Pipeline, Ltd to acquire their non-operated E&P and mid-stream interests in Azerbaijan, for total consideration of $1.57 billion.
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October 31, 2019
A cargo of contaminated Russian oil was sold at a discount of more than $25/bbl to benchmark crude prices, six months after the consignment first got loaded onto a tanker.
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October 31, 2019
“Our involvement in the early stages of the project means we can work with KPO across a range of work to optimize the Karachaganak field with a focus on achieving an outstanding safety performance and operational excellence,” said Mark Fields, group president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business.
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October 23, 2019
The memorandum lays the basis for LUKOIL’s potential participation in projects to explore and produce hydrocarbons in Equatorial Guinea.
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October 23, 2019
The OPEC+ oil-production cuts deal could be improved by taking into account forecasts for global crude-demand growth and U.S. shale, Gazprom Neft PJSC Head of Strategy and Innovation Sergey Vakulenko said in an interview on Wednesday.
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October 21, 2019
The retreat from the fields in the Kashagan area reflects an industry-wide push to cut break-even costs as megaprojects give way to smaller endeavors with quicker returns.
