Russia
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September 05, 2023
The leader of OPEC will continue its production cutback of 1 MMbpd until December, according to a statement published by the state Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. Russia’s export reduction of 300,000 bpd will be extended for the same duration, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in a separate statement.
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August 30, 2023
Since Russia started working with OPEC in 2017, Igor Sechin has consistently criticized the cooperation. The Rosneft CEO has pushed instead for the country to increase crude production and defend its market share from other global producers.
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August 15, 2023
The explosion occurred at the Talinskoye oil field near Nyagan town in Khanty-Mansiysk region, the Moscow-based Izvestia newspaper reported, citing an unidentified source.
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July 31, 2023
Rigs drilled 14.7 thousand kilometers of production wells in Russia from January to June, 6.6% more than planned and 8.6% more than the same period in 2022, according to data seen by Bloomberg.
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April 03, 2023
Russia has decided to keep its oil production at a reduced level through 2023 amid high volatility in the global market, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
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March 20, 2023
The G-7 previously agreed to review the price level in mid-March, and EU legislation stipulates that the aim should be to keep the threshold at 5% below average market rates.
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March 13, 2023
Government authorities have asked banks and traders to adhere to the rules, the people said, declining to be identified as the information isn’t public. Indian officials have not gone on the record to say they will support sanctions and the price cap imposed by the Group of Seven nations on Russia.
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March 09, 2023
Despite the exodus of almost every Western oil company, Russia can maintain crude oil production longer than many expect, according to S&P Global Vice Chairman Dan Yergin.
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February 24, 2023
Russia’s crude fetched an average of about $74 per bbl in the four weeks that followed the cap, according to calculations by experts including from the Institute of International Finance, Columbia University and University of California.
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February 21, 2023
Russia has covertly mapped the Dutch energy infrastructure in the North Sea and “undertakes activities that indicate espionage and preparatory actions for disruption and sabotage,” the intelligence agencies of the Netherlands said in a report on Monday.
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February 20, 2023
The combined measures would create a “holistic approach to pressure Russia” in the coming weeks, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu told reporters in Brussels.
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February 16, 2023
Pricing data from Platts, a unit of S&P Global, suggest traders are garnering an unusually large margin on shipments of Urals crude sent from Russia’s ports in the Baltic region to India’s west coast, with delivery prices more than $20 a barrel higher than the purchase amounts.
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February 14, 2023
Russian companies did the most drilling at their oil fields in more than a decade last year, with little sign that international sanctions or the departure of some major Western firms directly harmed so-called upstream operations.
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February 13, 2023
The European Union downplayed the impact of Russia’s cut in oil production and said it was forced on Moscow by sanctions related to its invasion of Ukraine.
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December 30, 2022
As the year comes to an end, World Oil looks back on all of our breaking news items. Record-breaking crude exports and billion-dollar oil projects are only some of the incredible feats the industry accomplished. Read our final collection of top news stories of 2022 here.
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December 28, 2022
U.S. oil producers recouped pandemic losses, while Russian war-time efforts disrupted other operations in 2022. However, that’s a small glimpse into this year’s most interesting headlines. Read more of the top industry news stories here, courtesy of World Oil.
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December 26, 2022
2022 was an enormous year for the oil and gas industry. From oil discoveries in Wyoming to Russia working around Western sanctions, there was no shortage of ground-breaking news. Read World Oil's top news stories of 2022 here.
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December 23, 2022
While Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak described the potential output declines as “insignificant,” a cut of that size could still tighten the global oil market at a time when many analysts predict demand in China will be rebounding.
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December 08, 2022
Russia’s Energy Ministry rebuffed concerns that the oil price cap imposed by the Group of Seven nations will throw the country’s production into turmoil.
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November 14, 2022
Poland introduced compulsory administration over Gazprom PJSC’s stake in the company that owns the local part of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, tightening the government’s grip over Russian assets in the country.
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November 14, 2022
Moscow may have found an important new outlet in the UAE for some of its crude shunned by Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tracking data shows a tanker recently delivered about 700,000 barrels of Russian crude to an ADNOC refinery.
