Russia & FSU
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April 10, 2017
After enduring weeks of criticism that he’s been silent and sidelined in the Trump administration, Rex Tillerson travels to Moscow newly emboldened by the U.S. decision to drop 59 Tomahawk missiles on an airbase in Syria.
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April 06, 2017
Lukoil has reached a production landmark of 40 Bcmg at its projects in Uzbekistan. Most of this volume (about 82%) was produced from Khauzak-Shady and Kuvachi-Alat fields in the Bukhara Province.
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April 05, 2017
Rosneft started drilling of the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well at the Khatangsky license area. The well is the northernmost at the Russian Arctic shelf. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched exploration drilling via video link-up with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin who was on the shore of the Khatanga bay.
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April 05, 2017
A number of documents were signed today in Moscow with the purpose of advancing Russian-Uzbek cooperation in the gas sector. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoev.
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April 05, 2017
The biggest party in Denmark’s parliament is voicing serious concerns about a bid by Gazprom PJSC to build a pipeline from Russia to Europe that would pass through Nordic and Baltic waters.
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April 05, 2017
Saudi Arabia lowered oil pricing for European customers, a sign the world’s biggest crude exporter is seeking to expand market share in the region dominated by Russia.
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April 04, 2017
PJSC LUKOIL began drilling of the first 5,500 m prospecting and appraisal well (1P) in the Vostochno-Taymyrsky license area, Krasnoyarsk Territory, six months before the scheduled deadline.
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April 03, 2017
Russia cut its crude production in March, moving closer to fulfilling its agreement with OPEC as the deadline approaches.
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April 03, 2017
Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market positon in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than £40 million.
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March 31, 2017
Rosneft has announced a new field in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The geological reserves of Anastasyinskoye field of C1+C2 category in the amount of 0.6 mmt were recommended by The State Commission on Reserves for state registration.
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March 31, 2017
Elite Control Systems, a provider of systems integration services, has announced that once again a major oil and gas operator has renewed its contract with the company to provide a comprehensive process control software system and ongoing support in Azerbaijan.
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March 30, 2017
Gazprom Neft and India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd. have used the International Arctic forum ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’, currently taking place in Arkhangelsk, to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which confirms the companies’ mutual intent in joining forces for implementation of offshore hydrocarbon production projects in Russia and elsewhere in the world.
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March 29, 2017
Gazprom and National Iranian Oil Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Moscow.
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March 29, 2017
Russia can wait for a sustained recovery in oil prices before drilling again in Arctic waters, relying for now on less costly regions even as rival producer Norway accelerates development of its northerly fields.
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March 27, 2017
LUKOIL commenced construction of a water treatment facility with a capacity of 4.3 thousand cubic meters an hour at Yarega field in the Komi Republic.
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March 24, 2017
Perhaps the Bank of Russia knows something the world doesn’t. As the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies prepare to meet for a review of their production cuts this weekend, the central bank of the world’s biggest energy exporter is hunkering down for years of oil near $40/bbl.
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March 23, 2017
Russia and Saudi Arabia head to this weekend’s OPEC committee meeting as the tortoise and hare of a global deal to cut oil supply, with Moscow sticking to a slow and steady pace despite Riyadh’s cajoling.
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March 21, 2017
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Eni S.p.A. CEO Claudio Descalzi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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March 17, 2017
Oil traded near a three-month low as Russia’s energy minister said it’s too early to discuss extending an output-reduction deal a day after Saudi Arabia indicated that a rollover to the second half of the year is a near certainty.
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March 15, 2017
Russian oil output averaged 11.11 MMbpd in February 2017, representing no further output reductions relative to the January 2017 level. Since the early December 2016, the Russian government has been reassuring the industry that the country will reach the production cut target of 300,000 bpd relative to October 2016 by April 2017.
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March 14, 2017
Lukoil PJSC returned to profit in the fourth quarter after crude prices rallied.
