The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up depriving a swath of the world’s tanker fleet of industry standard insurance, a move that threatens to undermine US efforts to avert an oil supply shock. The bloc’s eighth round of sanctions state that if a tanker owner transports …
Read More »India Unlikely to Join G7 Push to Cap Russian Oil Prices to Counter Putin
India may not be the most excited member of the club planning to cap prices of Russian crude oil, reported Livemint. Recently, finance ministers of G7 countries led by the US, proposed that oil-related service providers may only be allowed to deal in Russian seaborne oil and petroleum products at …
Read More »ExxonMobil Exists Russia with Unilateral Termination of Sakhalin-1 Assets
American oil giant ExxonMobil has completed its exit from the Russian market after President Vladimir Putin ordered the expropriation of its assets, the company said. ExxonMobil had been in negotiations with the Russian authorities to sell its more than $4 billion in assets — including its largest Russian investment, a …
Read More »India and Japan Considering Stakes in Sakhalin-1 Oil Project
The India-based Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is looking to buy a stake in the Russian firm managing the Sakhalin-1 project, while Japan is holding talks with stakeholders to decide on the project, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement to transfer operations …
Read More »EU to Announce Interim Gas Market Steps with no Quick Price Cap
The European Union is unveiling a new emergency package to tackle the energy crunch, betting on steps to bolster solidarity among member states. But the bloc will refrain from immediate gas-price caps amid political divisions and concerns over security of supply. The European Commission plans Tuesday to propose measures to …
Read More »Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee Meeting to Kick off in Russia on Oct. 29
The 16th meeting of Iran-Russia Joint Economic Committee will be held in Russia during October 29-November 1. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will co-chair the meeting. Under the joint economic committee meeting, 19 working groups have been defined, which include a diverse range …
Read More »Clarifying the Position of the Ministry of Oil for Cooperation with Russian Companies
At the Energy Week conference in Russia, Ahmad Asadzadeh emphasized the need to upgrade infrastructure for the development of interactions in the energy sector in the Eurasian region, and by mentioning some examples in the railway and port infrastructure sector, he pointed out the necessity of developing these sectors. He …
Read More »Attack on TurkStream Gas Pipeline will be Terrorism
Any attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline will be an act of terrorism, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Speaking to state media, Orban said Budapest will “respond accordingly” if there is any attack on the pipeline, which carries gas from Russia to Türkiye and further to European …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Revenues Drop to the Lowest Level this Year
Falling crude oil prices and declining oil exports resulted in a $3.2-billion drop in Russia’s oil revenues to $15.3 billion for September, the lowest monthly oil export revenue for Moscow this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. Total crude oil and oil product exports out of Russia …
Read More »India to Weigh Russia’s Offer on Sakhalin-1 Oil Project
India maintains a “healthy dialogue” with Russia and will look at what is offered following an announced ownership revamp to the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has told the Reuters news agency. Russia last week issued a decree allowing it to seize Exxon Mobil’s 30 …
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