Oil and Gas service
November 05/ 11:02
Tatneft and SIBUR completed the transaction in relation to petrochemical plant in Togliatti
Almetyevsk. Tatneft completed the acquisition of SIBUR’s petrochemical plant in Togliatti. The agreement of intent regarding the acquisition of assets, including the production of various types of synthetic rubber, used for the manufacture of high-performance tyres by leading Russian and ...
November 05/ 08:16
Alexander Khurshudov: terminating gas transit causes the Ukraine financial rather than technical problems
New Year is getting closer, while Naftogaz and Gazprom are as far from agreeing on gas contracts as they were a couple of years ago. Europe, fearing disruption in Russian gas supply, filled up all storage facilities to the full, has bought futures, and seems to have calmed down. The absence ...
October 18/ 08:06
Africa needs gas transportation system
St. Petersburg. Africa needs infrastructure to transport gas. This was announced by Natalia Zeizer, the Chairman for the African Business Initiative UNION during the panel discussion “Russian-African Gas Dialogue: Prospects for Cooperation and Innovative Approaches” at the ...
October 14/ 11:04
Power of Siberia being filled up with gas as scheduled
Moscow. The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the information about the progress of major investment projects.
The Company is making preparations for the first pipeline supplies of Russian gas to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. Efforts for filling up the pipeline with ...
October 01/ 07:25
Oil prices rebound on lower output from U.S., Russia, OPEC
Singapore. Oil prices rebounded in early Asian trade on Tuesday after production at the world’s largest oil producers fell in the third quarter, although demand concerns continued to keep a keep a lid on prices.
December Brent crude futures LCOc2 rose 44 cents, or 0. 7% to $59. 69 a ...
July 23/ 10:37
LUKOIL and Kalmykia promote cooperation
Moscow. Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Yakushev, RF Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, held a working meeting with Batu Khasikov, Head of the Republic of Kalmykia, today in Elista, the ...
July 16/ 10:23
Turkey says EU decisions will not affect its energy activities off Cyprus
Istanbul. European Union decisions to curb contacts and funding for Turkey over its drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus will not affect its determination to continue energy activities in the region, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said the EU’s failure to ...
July 03/ 11:27
Tesla delivers record number of electric cars in quarter, shares up 7%
San Francisco. Tesla Inc (TSLA. O) set a record for quarterly vehicle deliveries in a triumphant response to months of questions about demand for its luxury electric cars, sending shares up 7% after hours on Tuesday.
Tesla did not comment on profit - which is still elusive - but the robust ...
January 16/ 09:10
TATNEFT is upgrading its oil treatment plants using HollySys equipment
Moscow. TATNEFT has entered into a tripartite cooperation agreement in the area of crude oil treatment process flow automation (UPVSN) units. CJSC Sterh-Intelservis and the Chinese HollySys Company have been the TATNEFT Company’s partners in the deal.
The cooperation of TATNEFT and ...
January 09/ 07:32
Alexander Khurshudov: the decline in oil prices will continue at least until spring
In a task as difficult as forecasting oil prices mistakes are inevitable. Because in the future some major events may happen that will dramatically change the prevailing trend.
Last year my forecast for 2018 was that the Brent would slowly grow in the interval of $62-81. It worked well ...
December 18, 2018/ 08:17
TAP, DESFA ink agreement for maintenance TAP’s Greek section
Baku. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG and the Greek National Natural Gas System Operator (DESFA) SA have signed an agreement on the maintenance of Greek section of the TAP pipeline, Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium.
The agreement was ratified by the competent Regulatory ...
December 13, 2018/ 07:20
Oil prices climb amid signs of easing U.S.-China trade tensions
SIngapore. Oil prices rose on Thursday, buoyed by a drawdown in U. S. crude inventories and signs that China is taking more concrete steps to put a trade war truce with Washington into action.
Crude oil prices have also been supported by OPEC-led supply curbs announced last week, although ...
November 29, 2018/ 07:20
Oil strengthens ahead of G20 meeting, but supply rise caps gains
Seoul. Oil prices ticked higher on Thursday on optimism that trade talks at the G20 meeting could aid the global economy and improve the demand outlook, while an increase in U. S. crude inventories to their highest in a year curbed gains.
U. S. crude futures CLc1 rose 38 cents, or 0. 8 ...
November 23, 2018/ 12:06
EAEU gas market to be discussed in Minsk on 27 November
Moscow. Formation of the common gas market in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will be discussed at a session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council that will take place in Minsk on 27 November. The session will be attended by the prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union participating ...
November 21, 2018/ 08:50
Gazprom and CNPC hold 14th meeting of Joint coordinating committee
Moscow. The 14th meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) of Gazprom and CNPC moderated by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Hou Qijun, Vice President of CNPC, took place today in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
The meeting ...
November 20, 2018/ 10:03
Belarus looking for investors for sand excavation, oil extraction
Minsk. Belarus offers four sites on concession terms – a quartz sand site and three oil-bearing areas. This was reported by BelTA in the Ministry of natural resources and environmental protection of Belarus.
A tender has been opened for the quartz sand site Gorodnoye (the eastern part) ...
November 19, 2018/ 13:04
Reliance considers plan to expand world’s largest refinery complex
Moscow. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd. is considering a plan to boost its oil-refining capacity by about half, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The proposed plant, to come up at the world’s biggest refining complex in Jamnagar, will be able to ...
October 29, 2018/ 08:08
This landmark LNG deal will change energy geopolitics forever
Beijing. China’s LNG demand grew by a record 8 mt in 2017 and is set to expand by another record 12 mt this year, making up 50 percent of all global LNG demand growth, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a new report last week.
The country’s spike in LNG usage comes as ...