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 …
Read More »Big Oil’s Huge Profits Offset by Russian Asset Write-Offs
The world’s largest international oil firms are expected to book a combined $34 billion in net profits for the first quarter—the largest in more than a decade—but Big Oil will also book asset impairments of the same amount over their decisions to stop Russian operations. Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, and …
Read More »Major Oil Companies and Investors Pull Back from Russian Arctic Oil and Gas
Several major oil companies and investors have announced in recent days they are withdrawing from Russian resource development or not pursuing new projects with Russia, including in the Arctic, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. BP was the first to announce such plans. On Sunday, the company said that it was …
Read More »Equinor to Abandon Investments in Russia in Response to Attack on Ukraine
Norwegian energy company Equinor ASA has announced that it will begin exiting its current joint ventures in Russia and give up potential new investments, thus putting an end to its presence of more than 30 years in the country. “We are all deeply troubled by the invasion of Ukraine, which …
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