Russia & FSU
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March 24, 2023
MOL Group is transporting crude oil produced at its co-owned oilfield, the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli in Azerbaijan, to Slovnaft Refinery in Bratislava. This is a major step in the company’s efforts to increase its crude sourcing flexibility.
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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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January 17, 2023
Masdar has signed joint development agreements with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan for onshore wind and solar projects, and integrated offshore wind and green hydrogen projects, with a total combined capacity of 4 gigawatts.
News
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 13, 2022
The framework outlined in the MOU can support Ukraine's energy infrastructure and the country’s recovery and rebuilding process after Russia’s war against Ukraine ends, thereby helping to deliver energy to Europe and strengthen the continent’s energy independence.
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December 12, 2022
The EU faces a potential shortfall of almost 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2023 – but they can close gaps and avoid shortages by improving energy efficiency, deploying renewables, installing heat pumps, promoting energy savings and increasing gas supplies.
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December 09, 2022
Russia may cut its oil production in response to the G-7 cap on the price of its crude, President Vladimir Putin said. A decision on Moscow’s response will be announced in a presidential decree within the next several days
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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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December 07, 2022
Europe is facing high natural gas prices and high uncertainty due to the substantial reduction in Russian imports, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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December 06, 2022
The U.S. raised its forecast for oil production next year, reversing course after five straight months of cuts that stoked concern about a slowdown in output from shale fields.
