Russia & FSU
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December 16, 2019
Petrofac, in a joint venture (JV) with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), has secured a project management services contract to support BP’s operations in Azerbaijan and Georgia.
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November 29, 2019
OPEC and its allies sent more signals that they’ll stick with existing output cuts at their meeting next week.
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November 27, 2019
Russia, OPEC’s largest ally in a deal to cut oil production, is once again failing to keep its side of the bargain.
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November 04, 2019
MOL has signed an agreement with Chevron Global Ventures Ltd and Chevron BTC Pipeline, Ltd to acquire their non-operated E&P and mid-stream interests in Azerbaijan, for total consideration of $1.57 billion.
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October 31, 2019
A cargo of contaminated Russian oil was sold at a discount of more than $25/bbl to benchmark crude prices, six months after the consignment first got loaded onto a tanker.
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October 31, 2019
“Our involvement in the early stages of the project means we can work with KPO across a range of work to optimize the Karachaganak field with a focus on achieving an outstanding safety performance and operational excellence,” said Mark Fields, group president of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business.
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October 23, 2019
The memorandum lays the basis for LUKOIL’s potential participation in projects to explore and produce hydrocarbons in Equatorial Guinea.
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October 23, 2019
The OPEC+ oil-production cuts deal could be improved by taking into account forecasts for global crude-demand growth and U.S. shale, Gazprom Neft PJSC Head of Strategy and Innovation Sergey Vakulenko said in an interview on Wednesday.
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October 21, 2019
The retreat from the fields in the Kashagan area reflects an industry-wide push to cut break-even costs as megaprojects give way to smaller endeavors with quicker returns.
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October 17, 2019
The Ghasha mega-project is expected to produce over 1.5 Bcfd of natural gas by around 2025.
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October 16, 2019
Under the terms of the agreement, ADNOC and REA will jointly explore opportunities for collaboration in relation to Abu Dhabi’s exploration and production concessions.
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October 15, 2019
Gazprom reports preparations for the first pipeline supplies of Russian gas to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, among several other eastern Russia gas projects.
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October 08, 2019
Russia’s biggest liquefied natural gas producer expects to be able to mitigate any impact should U.S. sanctions on China prevent it from using a third of its fleet.
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October 04, 2019
Saipem, in consortium with Boshelf LLC and STAR GULF FZCO, has recently been awarded three new contracts by BP for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil and gas field offshore Azerbaijan.
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October 02, 2019
This year, the oil market has faced some of the worst supply disruptions in recent times and yet prices remain stuck in the $60s.
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October 01, 2019
Subsea 7 announced today the award of two contracts by BP Exploration for the Azeri Central East project in the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli field in the Caspian Sea, in a water depth of approximately 140 meters.
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September 26, 2019
Royal Dutch Shell, Eni and their partners in the Karachaganak oil and gas venture may be required to pay an additional $1 billion to settle a dispute with Kazakhstan over revenue sharing, said people familiar with the matter.
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September 17, 2019
WAXTREAT SubZero is a winterized PPD with customization capabilities, enhancing performance, while mitigating paraffin build-up, in crude oil pipeline systems, at the same time reducing OPEX requirements associated with pipeline cleaning.
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September 17, 2019
Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd in Qingdao, China, has been awarded a contract to provide three complex modules for the Arctic LNG 2 Project in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region in Russia.
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September 12, 2019
Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC and Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation met to explore potential opportunities for collaboration as ADNOC seeks to expand its strategic partnership and investment base across its entire value chain.
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September 10, 2019
Poland successfully challenged a European Commission decision that allowed Gazprom PJSC to use most of the capacity on the Opal pipeline in Germany. That link in turn carries fuel from the Baltic Sea Nord Stream pipeline, a key part of the Moscow-based company’s plans to avoid shipping its fuel across Ukraine.