Saudi Arabia and Russia summoned the OPEC+ alliance for last-minute talks on Saturday, just before it’s due to decide whether to delay January’s output increase. A clear majority of OPEC+ watchers expect the group to maintain their supply curbs at current levels for a few months longer due to lingering …
Read More »Russia and Saudi Arabia Power Risks OPEC+ Break-Up
The pushback from the UAE over historic supply cuts brought in to offset the fallout from the pandemic comes at a delicate moment for OPEC, threatening the brittle coalition and an already weakened oil market. The news of COVID-19 vaccines alongside the highest oil price since September has lifted sentiments …
Read More »Abu Dhabi’s Latest Oil Find Brings UAE Closer to Russia in Reserves
UAE’s discovery of new oil resources will take the country’s total conventional oil reserves to 107 billion barrels, placing the OPEC nation near Russia, one of the world’s largest energy exporters. The find “strengthens the country’s position in sixth place in the world in the list of countries with the …
Read More »Saudia, Russia in Tight Race to Become China’s Top Oil Supplier
Saudi Arabia and Russia are in a tight race to become China’s top oil supplier in 2020, with both countries boosting crude exports to the economic powerhouse even as the coronavirus pandemic hit global demand for oil this year. Saudi Arabia, which was China’s top supplier last year, has exported …
Read More »OPEC+ JMMC, Good Compliance for Now, Maximum Flexibility Going Forward
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 …
Read More »Russia to Set Up New Multipurpose Cargo Port in Far East
A new cargo port with coal, oil, gas and bunker terminals will be built in Russia’s Sakhalin, according to the press service of the regional government. The construction of the facility is expected to start in 2022. The new multifunctional cargo port will be located on the border of the …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Sanctions to be Included in U.S. Defense Bill
House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement to include additional sanctions against a gas pipeline between Russia and Germany in a must-pass defense bill, according to three people familiar with the matter. The sanctions against Gazprom PJSC’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline would target insurance and certification companies that work …
Read More »Russia’s Rosneft again Mulling LNG Exports
On October 22, Rosneft’s CEO, Igor Sechin, revealed some new, previously unpublished details regarding the state-owned Russian petroleum giant’s latest mega-project in the Arctic—Vostok Oil. Specifically, Sechin confirmed that Vostok Oil will include a natural gas liquefaction plant, which will ultimately enable Rosneft to ship significant volumes of liquefied natural …
Read More »Russian PM Puts Forward Novak as Deputy Prime Minister Candidate
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], …
Read More »Russia, Saudi Arabia Eye COVID-19 Oil Cut to Hike Prices
Russia and OPEC-kingpin Saudi Arabia are reportedly mulling to delay an increase in oil production in January, maintaining an output cut aimed to raise oil prices as demand has weakened due the coronavirus pandemic. Russia and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries held their annual talks on November 2 with …
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