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Most observers believe that falling oil prices delivered the coup de grâce to the Soviet Union, but in fact, it was not just declining prices but declining production as well that did the job. That combination has reappeared now – and there are few prospects that Russia will be able …

Iraq aims to increase crude oil export capacity from its southern ports to 6 million barrels per day from the current 3.5 million barrels a day capacity, Karim Hattab, deputy oil minister for distribution affairs said in a statement. Hattab said the increased capacity would be after 2023 and that …

Saudi Arabia’s oil exports to China increased by 43% month-on-month (MoM) in November 2020 to reach 8.48 million tons, or 2.06 million barrels per day (bpd). Accordingly, the Kingdom, the world’s second biggest economy, restored its position as the largest oil supplier to China, Reuters reported. Russia came second, with …

Russia views an oil price between $45 and $55 per barrel as the optimum level to allow for its oil production recovery, Reuters reported, citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. He added that Russia will support an increase in oil production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries …

Russia will support hiking production under the historic OPEC+ accord by 500,000 barrels a day in February if the market continues to stabilize, the deputy prime minister in charge of the energy sector, Alexander Novak, has said. “If the situation stays normal and stable, we will support the increase,” Novak …

China will fully lift access restrictions on foreign investment in coal, oil, gas, power generation, excluding nuclear, as well as the new energy businesses, according to a sector white paper released on Monday, reported Reuters. Separately, a top energy official told reporters that recent power shortages in some Chinese regions …

Russia intends to support a further increase in OPEC+ production at the group’s meeting next month, even as a new strain of the coronavirus raises concerns about demand, said officials familiar with the country’s oil policy. As of now, Moscow believes it makes sense to raise OPEC+ output by 500,000 …

The OPEC+ group may prolong its current strategy to manage oil markets until the end of 2022 in order to keep speculators “on their toes”, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said in a joint press conference Dec. 19. The show of …

Libya’s crude oil production continues to increase as one of its companies has nearly doubled its output to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared to production levels before the blockade of Libyan oil ports and oilfields in January. Libya’s Sirte Oil and Gas Production and Processing Company has nearly doubled …

The Russian government has approved the participation of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) in a large petrochemical project. Thus, the Cabinet, led by Michail Mishustin, is acting in accordance with Moscow’s strategy of establishing closer economic relations with Beijing. As per a framework agreement signed by the parties …