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Russia expects to get a huge inflow of energy revenue by the end of this year despite an oil price cap imposed by Group of Seven nations, and may channel it toward spending as the government continues to pour resources into the war in Ukraine. In the last five months …

Russia is expecting extra oil and gas revenues to reach 1 trillion rubles, or $11 billion, in the last five months of the year despite sanctions, embargos, and price caps, two people with knowledge of the situation told Bloomberg. The Finance Ministry hopes to put the fat revenues toward covering …

The price cap on Russian crude oil products isn’t as effective as the implementers intended, according to Bloomberg, citing Argus Media Ltd data. Several of Russia’s refined oil products continue to trade above the capped price laid out by the G7 as the nation continues to defy Western sanctions. Diesel …

India’s imports of Russian oil dropped for a second month and are expected to slip even further as the key OPEC+ producer starts trimming exports in August to help balance the global market. Daily volumes fell to 2.09 million barrels last month, down from 2.11 million barrels a day in …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the proposed “gas hub” in Türkiye is still on the agenda. He noted that Moscow wants to set up an electronic platform for gas sales in Turkey, and they do not want to store gas there. Last year, Putin proposed the idea of creating a …

French LNG technology company Technip Energies has withdrawn from the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project. The French Technip Energies has completely left the Arctic LNG 2 liquefied natural gas production project. The project is headed by Novatek, a gas producer registered on the Moscow Stock Exchange. It will be recalled …

EU member states appear to have little appetite for adjusting the G7 price cap on Russian oil exports, despite growing evidence that the value of Russia’s main Urals crude is rising above the previously set level of $60 per barrel. Poland and its smaller Baltic neighbors previously took the most …

Gas Transport System Operator of Ukraine, or GTSOU, has accepted a nomination from Russia’s Gazprom today to transport 40.2 million cubic meters of gas through the country, up from 40 mcm on Sunday, data from GTSOU show. Capacity was requested only through one of two entry points into Ukraine’s Gas …

China is importing record volumes of oil despite a weak economy as it takes advantage of cheap Russian crude to build stockpiles and export refined products. The rise in oil imports to record levels this year comes against the backdrop of a faltering recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. It …

The price of Basra crudes has experienced a slight increase as the week concluded with Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s leading oil suppliers, announcing further cutbacks in their oil production. Basra Heavy crude witnessed a marginal rise as the final session closed yesterday, up by 48 cents, to settle …