Rosneft is likely to fail in its legal challenge against a planned sale of a minority stake in a German refinery that it used to control before Germany took over the Russian oil giant’s assets in the country. Rosneft has a 54% stake in the Schwedt refinery, the fourth-largest refinery …
Read More »Germany Set to Extend Trusteeship of Local Rosneft Assets
Germany expects to extend for another six months its trusteeship over the German assets of Rosneft while Qatar and the Russian oil giant are reportedly in talks over a sale to the gas-rich Gulf nation, sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Monday. Schwedt is the fourth-largest refinery …
Read More »Russian Rosneft Posts Nearly 50% Surge in Profits for 2023
Russian state-run oil company Rosneft has reported a nearly 50% jump in net profits for 2023, Reuters reports, hitting over $14 billion despite Western sanctions following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. According to Reuters, Rosneft’s 2023 net profit surged by 47.2% to 1.3 trillion rubles–the equivalent of approximately $14.7 billion. …
Read More »Rosneft’s Sechin: Russia Losing out to OPEC+ due to Different Exports Structure
Igor Sechin, head of the Russian energy giant Rosneft, said on Saturday that Russia is losing out to OPEC+ countries due to a smaller share of its oil exports in production. Sechin, a long-standing ally of President Vladimir Putin, has said that the oil output boom in the United States, …
Read More »Russian Gas Production down 10% in 2023
Gas production in Russia decreased by 10% to 180 billion cubic meters this year mostly from Gazprom’s declining capacities, the Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the data. State-owned gas giant Gazprom has classified its production statistics since the start of 2023. Kommersant’s source said …
Read More »Rosneft CEO: The Price of Russia’s Flagship Oil will Now be Set by Asia
The price of Russia’s flagship Urals oil blend is no longer set by Europe but by Asia, which has become the largest market for the commodity, Rosneft’s chief executive Igor Sechin said at the India Energy Week. “If Russian oil does not enter the European market, then there is no …
Read More »Russian Energy Firm’s Subsidiaries Seized in Germany
Berlin took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. Rosneft’s German subsidiaries, which account for about 12 percent of oil refining capacity in the country, were placed under trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency, …
Read More »Rosneft Plans to Pay Record-High Annual Dividend on Oil’s Rally
Russian oil behemoth Rosneft PJSC promised record dividends on the back of soaring prices, but some foreign investors may struggle to access the payout. The board recommended 23.63 rubles a share for the second half of 2021, bringing full-year dividends to an all-time high of 41.66 rubles. That follows an …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Production has Plunged even as its Revenue Climbs
Russian oil production has been falling since its invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s crude producers are struggling to place all their oil on the market—especially the European one—and domestic refinery throughput is also slumping amid lower demand. Despite this, rising oil and gas prices have resulted in record-high oil and gas …
Read More »Sanctions Force Foreign Executives at Rosneft to Quit
European-born executives at Rosneft quit the Russian oil giant days before the EU sanctions banning European citizens from working at the state-held Russian firm entered into force, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting six sources with knowledge of the matter. The departure of the five now-former executives at Rosneft could stall …
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