The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld on Thursday a lower tribunal’s ruling which had said that Russia’s access to the OPAL gas pipeline should be limited. The court case is a win for Poland against an appeal of the lower court’s ruling filed by Germany. The OPAL …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 98% Ready, Construction Works to be over in August
Construction works under the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project may be finished already in August, Matthias Warnig, managing director of Nord Stream 2 AG, the project operator, said in an interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper on Sunday. “We believe that construction works will be over by the end of …
Read More »Russia Hopes for Strengthening Economic Coop. with Iran
Moscow hopes that bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries of Iran and Russia would be further strengthened in new Iranian government. Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Shulginov, in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali on Fri., expressed hope that bilateral economic cooperation and …
Read More »Russia Is Ready to Open the Taps
There is economic life after the pandemic. While the novel coronavirus hasn’t been vanquished, oil demand has significantly risen in the past couple of months. According to the IEA, by the end of 2022 demand could have rebounded to pre-Covid levels. Rising prices are causing mild distress in Moscow which …
Read More »Russia Is Struggling to Boost Oil Production
According to these sources, Russia has been producing some 10.42 million bpd of crude oil and condensates since the start of the month, which is lower than May’s average of 10.45 million bpd. The reason for the decline could be related to difficulties with boosting production at older fields, other …
Read More »OPEC+ Discusses Output Hike in Preparation for Next Meeting
Moscow is considering making a proposal that the group should ease a global supply deficit by increasing output, according to Russian officials familiar with the matter. Other OPEC+ nations are also discussing a potential supply hike in August, although specific numbers haven’t been mentioned, said a delegate. Crude just hit …
Read More »Putin Does Not Plan Contacts with Saudi Arabia before OPEC+ Meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning contacts with the leadership of Saudi Arabia before the ministerial meeting of the OPEC+ countries, there is no need for such high-level dialogue now, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak is in constant contact …
Read More »Russia Weighs Proposing OPEC+ Output Hike at Next Week’s Meeting
Russia is considering proposing an OPEC+ oil-output increase at the group’s meeting next week because the nation sees a supply deficit in the market, according to officials familiar with the matter. Moscow expects the current global oil-output deficit to persist in the medium term, two officials said, asking not to …
Read More »Why The Arctic Matters
Recently, panic struck the southeastern United States as the Colonial Pipeline, the country’s largest fuel pipeline network, shut down after a cyberattack. With 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel suddenly gone, mass panic buying ensued, sending prices into a spiral of volatility. The incident reminded …
Read More »Russia’s Lukoil to Invest $3 Billion in Petrochemicals in 6 Years
Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil plans to invest $3 billion in production of petrochemicals within the next 6 years, TASS news agency quoted the company’s head, Vagit Alekperov, as saying on Friday. He was speaking at the launch of an isomerisation unit at the NORSI oil refinery that is part …
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