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This was the most positive set of remarks so far this year by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, when he opened the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of OPEC+ (an alliance between OPEC and 10 non-OPEC countries led by Russia). The JMMC monitors compliance of OPEC+ member …

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has submitted to the State Duma (lower house) the candidacy of Alexander Novak who previously headed the Energy Ministry, for the post of Deputy Prime Minister. Under the new constitutional law PM has submitted several candidacies for members of the cabinet to the Duma. “[Particularly], …

Russia has no plans to rein in its production of fossil fuels in the coming decades despite the global efforts to shift towards low-carbon energy, according to its energy minister. Alexander Novak told the Guardian that Russia did “not see that we will achieve a peak in [gas] production anytime …

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday he had invited other BRICS countries – Brazil, India, China and South Africa – to take part in joint oil and gas projects in the Arctic. In a speech at a meeting of energy ministers from the group of major emerging economies, …

Russia expects a long and gradual revival of the oil market after the pandemic this year crushed energy demand across the world. “The recovery won’t be fast, it will take quite a while before the pre-crisis levels can be reached,” Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Sunday. In 2020, on …

Russia supports the concept of the Closed Carbon Cycle Economy based of renewable resources, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak sais on Sunday at a meeting of Group of Twenty energy ministers. “I would like to thank, first of all, Saudi Arabia for high-quality presidency and offering a G20 energy agenda, …

Global inventories of crude oil declined by 45 million barrels in August after a 34-million-barrel reduction in July, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in a TV interview, Oilprice reported. “Reserves accumulated in the 2nd quarter are gradually shrinking, and we see that July and August were the first two …

Global inventories of crude oil declined by 45 million barrels in August after a 34-million-barrel reduction in July, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in a TV interview. “Reserves accumulated in the second quarter are gradually shrinking, and we see that July and August were the first two months when …

Oil prices could potentially rise to around $65 per barrel next year, but expected to be volatile, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, speaking at an online conference reported by Reuters. He also expected that global oil demand could fall by 9-10 million barrels per day (bpd) this …

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Wednesday said that Moscow would propose to OPEC+ group to react to the recovery in global oil demand, as part of their agreement to cut production in order to support prices, Reuters reported. Global oil demand has recovered by as much as 90% of …