The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be finished soon as Interfax reported citing Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “It will be finished in a few days; it will start to work,” Lavrov said. The end of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the waters of …
Read More »Russia Prepares for First LNG-Fueled Icebreaker
Metals miner Nornickel said it will participate in the design and building of Russia’s first dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel icebreaker to prepare for more capacity in the environmentally sensitive Arctic region. Russia, which has a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, has long considered LNG-powered icebreaking ships to develop …
Read More »Russia & China Continue Ditching US Dollars in Settlements in Favor of National Currencies
Gazprom Neft will switch from US dollars to yuan and rubles to pay for refueling aircraft flying to or from China, the company’s CEO Alexander Dyukov told reporters on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. “We are starting in September, and by the end of the year we can …
Read More »Red Sea Competition Growing as Russia Enters Region
Russia’s growing ambitions in the Red Sea region could threaten freedom of navigation for shipping, potentially disrupting oil prices, a leading think-tank report claims. Policymakers are being urged to pay close attention to Moscow’s activities in the vital seaway as Russia prepares to exert greater influence through arms deals and …
Read More »OPEC and Russia Keep Steady on Original Plan; Ignore US Request to Pump more Oil
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus a group led by Russia, OPEC+1 ignored requests from United States president Joe Biden and agreed on Wednesday to continue raising oil output in measured steps as originally agreed. Last July OPEC+1 agreed to gradually increase oil output following the collapse of prices …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 at Final Implementation Stage
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is at the final implementation stage, the Russian gas holding Gazprom said on Friday. The project status was reviewed by the CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller and the CEO of Austria’s OMV Rainer Seele. “More than 50-year history of reliable export of Russian …
Read More »First Unit of World’s Largest LNG Plant Shipped from China to Russia
The first section of a massive new liquid natural gas (LNG) plant bound for the Arctic Circle was loaded onto a cargo ship at Daishan manufacturing base in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday. The 10,000-tonne unit will arrive in Murmansk in northwestern Russia in 25 days. With 13 more …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 Pipeline must Follow EU Competition Rules
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not exempt from European Union competition rules, a German court has ruled. The operating company of the Baltic Sea pipeline failed in its bid to be excluded from certain EU regulations and must now unbundle its business. The regional court decision is a …
Read More »A Major Oil Exploration Is Going on in Russia’s East Arctic Waters
The Bavenit on the 22nd of August set out from Murmansk with course for remote east Arctic waters. The ship, one of Russia’s most advanced vessels of the kind, is due to drill the first ever wells in the Laptev Sea. According to Rosneft, there has never before been drilled …
Read More »Lukoil to Build Catalytic Cracking Complex at Perm Refinery
LUKOIL announces the start of a catalytic cracking complex construction project at the Perm refinery. The project is implemented under an agreement with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on providing an investment incentive as part of the negative excise tax on refinery feedstock until January 1, 2031. …
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