Rosneft, Reliance Agree Biggest Ever India-Russia Oil Supply deal
December 16th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on a new oil supply deal between Rosneft and Reliance, the largest ever India-Russia oil supply deal: Rosneft to ship 500,000 bpd of various crude grades Biggest India-Russia energy deal ever worth $13 billion a year at current prices Pricing and volumes to be reviewed annually, sources say Agreement strengthens India-Russia […]
Read more »Chinese and Russian Firms Discuss Joint Energy Project Development
November 13th, 2023
Via Reuters, a report that Chinese and Russian energy firms are discussing jointly developing oil and gas fields: China is in talks with Russia’s Rosneft (ROSN.MM), Gazprom (GAZP.MM) and Novatek (NVTK.MM) about the joint development of oil and gas fields and hydrocarbon trade, state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said on Wednesday. Russia is counting […]
Read more »More Difficulties For The Caspian Pipeline Consortium
August 23rd, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report of difficulties for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium: In a press release on August 22, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium confirmed reports that it had suspended oil loading at two of its three single mooring points at the Black Sea terminal Yuzhnaya Ozereye, near the port of Novorossiysk. Reuters had reported on the suspension […]
Read more »Russia Moves Closer to Privatizing Rosneft
April 20th, 2020
Via The National Interest, an article on Rosneft: The Russian government no longer has a majority stake in Rosneft for the first time in the energy giant’s 27-year history. On March 28, Rosneft announced that it had sold all of its assets in Venezuela as part of a deal with the wholly government-owned company, Rosneftegaz. The sale […]
Read more »Rosneft: Petroleum and Policy
October 29th, 2017
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Russia’s use of Rosneft, as a foreign policy instrument: Russia is increasingly wielding oil as a geopolitical tool, spreading its influence around the world and challenging the interests of the United States. But Moscow risks running into trouble, as it lends money and makes deals in turbulent […]
Read more »Russia Agrees Significant Silk Road Projects With China
July 23rd, 2017
Courtesy of Russia Briefing, a report on a number of agreements signed by Russia and China related to OBOR activities: As predicted, a significant array of economic cooperation agreements were signed between Russia and China during President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow. The deals include the creation of the new US$10 billion China-Russia RMB Investment Cooperation Fund, which provides access […]
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