The gas giant Gazprom is no longer in the spotlight after the US Treasury sanctioned Rosneft, the Russian national oil company, most probably triggering the collapse of the OPEC+ agreement and bringing about an unexpectedly low pricing environment for March 2020 within both the oil and gas segments. Having launched …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: It was Russia that Pulled out of OPEC+ Deal
Saudi Arabia’s foreign and energy ministers on Saturday denied Russia’s claim that the Kingdom abandoned the OPEC+ deal, leading to a collapse in world oil prices. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said “a statement attributed to one of the …
Read More »Oil Holds Near $20 as Saudis Surge, Russia Stands Pat on Output
Oil held near $20 a barrel as Saudi Aramco’s output surged above 12 million barrels a day, but Russia said it would refrain from further production hikes.
Read More »Russians Open Door to Talks, as Saudis Charge Ahead with 12 MMbpd Output
Saudi Arabia showed no sign of bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump to dial back the oil-price war with Russia as the kingdom pushed crude supply to record levels.
Read More »Trump Says the U.S., Russia, Saudi Arabia to Meet on Oil Price Crash
President Donald Trump said the U.S. would meet with Saudi Arabia and Russia with the goal of staunching an historic plunge in oil prices.
Read More »Kremlin: No Talks yet of New Deal to Replace OPEC+ to Stabilize Oil Market
There are yet no talks about a possible new deal to replace the OPEC+ agreements, Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “So far, no one has started talking about any specific deals or even abstract deals to replace OPEC+,” he said, answering a question from TASS about whether …
Read More »Oil Jumps as Trump Talks up Truce Hopes for Saudi-Russia Price War
Crude oil futures jumped 10% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their oil price war. Brent crude futures rose more than 11% in early trade. By 0958, Brent was up 8.97%, or $2.22, to $26.96, …
Read More »US Ready to Help End Oil-Price War
US President Donald Trump said he was ready to help resolve an escalating oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that has helped push crude benchmarks to 17-year lows. The threat of a global recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic had already hammered prices when Riyadh said last month …
Read More »Yamal LNG Is on Its Way Back to Norway
The almost 200 meter long «Vladimir Vize» is one of 15 top ice-class carriers that over the last 2,5 years have shuttled to Sabetta to pick up liquified natural gas from the Novatek’s major Arctic plant. On that same day, tanker «Yamal Spirit» set out from Rotterdam. Also this ship …
Read More »Russia’s Government Acquires Rosneft Assets in Venezuela
A company owned by the Russian government has acquired Rosneft’s assets in Venezuela, the cabinet’s press office told TASS on Saturday. “The government of the Russian Federation has acquired assets in Venezuela from Rosneft. A company 100% owned by the Russian Federation has become the owner,” the press service said. …
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