OPEC+ is heading for a largely technical meeting next week where major changes to policy are unlikely, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and OPEC+ sources said. Alexander Novak said on Wednesday the group may confirm or tweak output plans following its decision to ease production curbs. “We met a month ago, …
Read More »Russian Energy Ministry Suggests Starting Hydrogen Sector Development from Review
The initial focus should be on hydrogen production technologies “satisfactory for all the consumers in respect of the environmental aspect” and on hydrogen production cost, Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. There is a need to review all the effective projects in the domestic hydrogen energy …
Read More »Russia Says LNG Production Capacity could Jump Threefold by 2035
Russia’s government approved on Monday the country’s long-term development program for liquefied natural gas (LNG), expecting production capacity to rise threefold from current levels to 140 million tons per year by 2035. “The program is based on a comprehensive approach, aimed at diversification of gas supply sources and first of …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline will be Built despite US Attempts to Delay
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be built despite Washington’s destructive steps aimed at hindering this effort, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview broadcast by Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday. “European countries and European companies are interested in it. We are sure that it will …
Read More »OPEC+ Deal Saves Energy Market
The OPEC+ deal on oil output cuts reached last year saved the global energy sector from a collapse and prevented oil prices from dropping below zero, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with RBC TV. The interview was published on Monday as ministers from OPEC+ countries …
Read More »Russia Says to Support OPEC+ Oil Output Increase from February
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 …
Read More »Russia Plans to Boost Oil Production Next Year under OPEC+ Agreement
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 …
Read More »Russia to U.S. President-Elect: Don’t Upset the Oil Market
Russia hopes the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will not derail producer nations’ action to boost oil markets, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday. Russia, other leading oil producers and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group known as OPEC+, have joined forces …
Read More »Saudi and Russia Show United Front on OPEC+ Strategy as Novak Visits Riyadh
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 …
Read More »OPEC+ Monitoring Committee to Hold Consultations on November 28 Prior to Main Meeting
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman will hold informal consultations with members of the OPEC+ monitoring committee on November 28, two sources in OPEC told TASS. Those will be the last talks between members of the committee before the ministerial meeting of …
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