The world’s third-largest oil importer, India, remained Russia’s number-two crude buyer in July, importing $2.8 billion worth of Russian crude, according to the latest monthly data of Russian fossil fuel exports by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). Last month, India was the second-largest buyer of …
Read More »Russia Extends Gasoline Export Ban until the End of 2024
Russia is extending its ban on gasoline exports from October to the end of December 2024, as it seeks to keep domestic supply stable amid seasonal demand and scheduled repairs at refineries, the Russian government said on Wednesday. In the autumn of 2023, Russia banned exports of diesel and gasoline …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Production Down in July, Compensatory Cuts Coming
Russia’s crude oil production was down in July compared to June, the Russian Energy Ministry said on Friday, and more cuts are coming. Russia’s oil production came in at 67,000 bpd above its quota for July, but was down in July compared to June due to “one-off supply scheduling issues”. …
Read More »Iranian Envoy hails Win-Win Iran-Russia Gas Deal
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has described the Iran-Russia gas transfer as a win-win deal. In an interview with IRNA which was published on Sunday, Jalali said that the landmark project will benefit both sides. In the past, there were some speculations that Tehran and Moscow were rivals when …
Read More »Russia’s Drilling Activity Slumps from Record High amid OPEC+ Cuts
Russia’s oil industry has slowed drilling activity this year from the record highs seen in 2023, as Moscow is limiting production as part of the OPEC+ deal and working to boost its compliance rate. In the first half of 2024, rigs employed by Russian oil companies drilled a total of …
Read More »India Cuts Iraq Oil Imports to Lowest since 2020 amid Russian Supply Surge
India’s imports of Iraqi crude oil plummeted in June to their lowest level since September 2020, industry data revealed this weekend. Indian refineries have been scaling back purchases from traditional Middle Eastern suppliers that raised prices earlier this year, the data showed. “Part of the reason is that they (Iraq) …
Read More »Russia’s Novak Says no Friction with OPEC+ over Exceeding Production Quotas
Russia said today that there was no friction with OPEC+ due to Moscow exceeding crude production quotas and that the world’s second largest oil exporter would compensate for its overpumping, Reuters reports. Russia yesterday unexpectedly announced that its crude oil production in June exceeded quotas set by the OPEC+ group …
Read More »Russia, Iraq And Kazakhstan to Compensate Overproduction in the next 15 Months
Russia, Iraq, and Kazakhstan have submitted their compensation plans to the OPEC Secretariat for overproduced crude volumes for the first six months of 2024. According to OPEC, the entire over-produced volumes will be fully compensated for over the next 15 months through September 2025, with Russia ‘paying back’ a cumulative …
Read More »Europe still Vies with China as Top Market for Russia’s Pipeline Gas
Europe still contends with China for the title of top buyer of Gazprom PJSC’s pipeline gas, more than two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slashed its western energy sales. This situation reflects both the Kremlin’s successes and failures. Even after many rounds of international sanctions, Russia still supplies substantial …
Read More »Sanctions Effective in Stopping Russia’s Arctic LNG 2
U.S. sanctions have proven successful in suspending production at Arctic LNG 2 and delaying the expansion of the project, according to a U.S. State Department official. “Putin hoped to ramp up output from Arctic LNG 2 during the first quarter of 2024 but has been unable to load even one …
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