Vladimir Putin’s deal with OPEC to cut oil output and boost prices three years ago was a triumph for the Russian leader, bolstering his clout on the global stage. But now he’s had to make stinging concessions after US President Donald Trump stepped in to end a price war. Amid …
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Gazprom is ramping up production and pipeline transmission from its Eastern Gas program. Commercial A+B+C1+C2 gas reserves within Gazprom’s licensed areas in Eastern Siberia and the Far East exceed 5 trillion cu m (tcm). Gazprom is ramping up production and pipeline transmission from its Eastern Gas program. Commercial A+B+C1+C2 gas …
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Saudi Arabia and Russia ended a devastating oil price war on Thursday, agreeing to slash output together with other members of the OPEC+ alliance in an effort to lift the market from a pandemic-driven collapse.
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Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that the group of global oil producers known as OPEC+ may take additional measures on oil markets if necessary. He was talking to Russian state TV Rossiya-24 after a meeting of OPEC+ had finished. OPEC+ have agreed a deal on oil output …
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Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin conferred on the latest developments in Syria, including the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
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A crunch videoconference meeting between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia started on Thursday evening.
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia End their Oil-Price War with Output Cut Agreement
Saudi Arabia and Russia ended a devastating oil price war on Thursday, agreeing to slash output together with other members of the OPEC+ alliance in an effort to lift the market from a pandemic-driven collapse. The tentative deal came after strong pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and American lawmakers, …
Read More »Russia’s Peace Fund Urges EU, US to Lift Sanctions against Iran, Venezuela
Chairman of the Russian Peace Foundation Leonid Slutsky has called on the US, UK and the European Union (EU) to leave policy on unilateral sanctions as the bans have created obstacles to dispatch medical aid to Venezuela and Iran which is fighting the deadly coronavirus. Slutsky made the remarks in …
Read More »OPEC+ May Clinch 3-Months Accord for Output Cut
Changes are reportedly high for countries part of the OPEC+ group to agree upon implementing oil production cuts for at least three months from May to July, 2020.
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Look at these remarks made by heads of states in the aftermath of sinking oil prices and demand destruction caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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