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Telephone contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leadership of Saudi Arabia before the OPEC+ meeting are not planned, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “They are not planned yet,” he said. Answering a question about whether there are any contradictions in the positions of Moscow and …

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning contacts with the leadership of Saudi Arabia before the ministerial meeting of the OPEC+ countries, there is no need for such high-level dialogue now, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak is in constant contact …

Gazprom will more than double its natural gas deliveries to China over the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in 2021 to 8.5 bln cubic meters, Deputy CEO of the Russian gas holding Famil Sadygov said at a press conference in TASS. “The supply to China was 4.1 bln cubic meters …

The European Union (EU) is not going to reduce oil and gas imports from Russia, simultaneously keeping them from other sources, European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell told a press conference on EU-Russia relations on Wednesday, adding that Europe’s hydrocarbons consumption will go down …

The world has already passed the coal consumption peak and will pass the oil consumption peak within a decade, head of the Russian Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday. “I believe we will pass the oil consumption peak over this decade. We …

It is currently impossible to suspend investment in new oil production projects as the price will otherwise reach $200 per barrel, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday. “I cannot imagine a situation, for example, where investments in new projects are suspended …

Oil exports from Russia in January – May 2021 fell by 13% compared to the same period last year to 91.2 mln tonnes, according to statistics released by the Central Dispatching Department of Fuel Energy Complex (CDU TEK) on Wednesday. Russia participates in the OPEC+ agreement on oil production cuts, …

Russia’s coal production is expected to reach the level of 2019, after which coal producers started to reduce output amid the coronavirus pandemic-related economic crisis and the falling demand in western countries, by the end of this year, Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky told reporters on Tuesday. “I think that …

The global crude oil demand will grow by 6 mln barrels daily in 2021. The forecast is kept unchanged as compared to the April estimate, according to the final report of the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee (JTC), with its copy seen by TASS. Committee experts had a videoconference meeting today. …

Natural gas production in Russia is eco-friendly and the best available technologies are used for its production and transport, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko told reporters on Friday. “The best available technologies are used in production and transport of our gas. This is indeed eco-efficient production,” she said. Russian …