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Novak: Oil Market Is Balanced and Stable

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that the global oil market is now balanced and stable following a sudden decline in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking after a meeting of the OPEC+ group’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), which had recommended an easing of curbs on …

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Russia Supplies First Shipment of Arctic Oil to China

Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft has started supplying crude from its Novy Port Arctic oil field to China. The first batch amounting to 144,000 tons of crude was delivered to Yantai port, the company announced. The tanker route from Murmansk to Yantai crosses the Arctic seas and three oceans, and …

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OPEC and Russia May Ease Oil Production Cuts

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, and other major oil-producing countries are likely to increase their output in August, as coronavirus lockdowns ease and demand begins to rise again. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other producers are expected to modestly ease the record production cuts …

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Global Oil Markets are Getting What They Need from OPEC+

Headlines are currently screaming at readers: “Oil markets starved of essential Russian and Saudi barrels.” And yet, only a few weeks ago the world was awash with Saudi and Russian oil as global demand tanked because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The US president appealed to the two biggest …

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Novak: No Decision yet to Extend Record OPEC+ Cuts

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said OPEC+ hasn’t made any decision yet on extending its deepest output cuts beyond July, while signaling a preference for avoiding repeated changes to the group’s current plan. “Let’s see the situation, technical data, June figures and then the OPEC technical committee will analyze the …

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Russia Expects OPEC+ to Ease Oil Production Cuts in August

OPEC+ is not discussing or planning changes to its production cut agreement, which should see the oil producers ease the cuts in August, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said at an online conference on Thursday. OPEC+, led by Russia and OPEC’s top producer Saudi Arabia, agreed in June to extend …

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China, Russia to Test Crude Oil Transport via Railways

China and Russian will begin to transport crude oil via a bilateral freight train service from July, an executive of JSC Russian Railways said at an industry seminar on the future of railway freight train service between China and the Europe on Tuesday. The new form of energy transport is …

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