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April 30, 2020/ 10:24
Vladimir Putin calls for global effort to stabilize energy market as coronavirus crushes demand
Moscow. Energy markets in Russia elsewhere in the world have experienced some serious shocks in recent months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He called for a global effort to balance the energy market.
“These problems… go far beyond national borders, ” Putin ...
April 30, 2020/ 07:04
Oil prices rise on early signs of slowing U.S. glut build
Melbourne. Oil prices rose on Thursday, building on big gains in the previous session on signs the U. S. crude glut is not growing as fast as expected and that gasoline demand battered by COVID-19 restrictions is starting to pick up.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures climbed ...
April 29, 2020/ 09:04
TATNEFT volunteers have started delivering “Kits of Goodness” to residents of the region
Almetyevsk. The volunteers of TATNEFT have started the delivery of TATNEFT Charity Fund product sets from local manufacturers to the most unprotected residents of the South-Eastern part of Tatarstan and Zakamye.
The “Kits of Goodness” include flour, cereals, canned stewed meat, ...
April 27, 2020/ 10:12
Mexican oil platforms start reducing staff due to coronavirus
Mexico. Mexico has begun removing staff from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms to limit the spread of the coronavirus, leaving essential personnel on board, state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said on Sunday.
Pemex said in a statement that workers had started coming off the rigs as Mexico ...
April 27, 2020/ 09:08
Rosneft launches large-scale animal research in Arctic
Moscow. Rosneft Oil Company has launched the implementation of a programme to assess the sustainability of the Arctic ecosystems based on research on key Arctic animal species in the Russian Federation. By 2023, Rosneft will conduct eight expeditions to the Laptev, Barents and Kara Seas. ...
April 24, 2020/ 08:03
Kremlin aware of US probes into suspicious oil futures trading
Moscow. The Kremlin has seen media reports that the American authorities had launched investigations into suspicious transactions with oil futures to find out whether oil traders might have raked in millions of dollars by having insider information about the OPEC+ interaction strategy project ...
April 23, 2020/ 09:06
TATNEFT has upgraded the critical Lata storage with the support of Huawei
Almetyevsk. Huawei Company has granted assistance to TATNEFT in the successful implementation a new generation of the data storage system (DSS) Huawei OceanStor Dorado V6 as part of the Company's Data Processing Center (DPC) modernization.
The main requirements of TATNEFT for the system ...
April 22, 2020/ 08:04
TATNEFT implements planned fire-fighting measures
Almetyevsk. TATNEFT's enterprises have begun planned work to prepare for the spring-summer fire hazard period.
Active preventive work has been launched, and the necessary preventive measures have been in order to prevent possible fires, TATNEFT enterprises.
Inter alia, the ...
April 21, 2020/ 10:12
SOCAR Petroleum increases number of filling stations in Azerbaijan
Baku. SOCAR Petroleum CJSC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company SOCAR, increased the number of filling stations under the SOCAR brand in Azerbaijan to 33, Trend reports citing SOCAR Petroleum.
According to information, the commissioning of the new filling station took ...
April 20, 2020/ 11:04
Nigerian oil union suspends industrial action after Exxon Mobil workers freed
Yenagoa, Nigeria. A major Nigerian oil union has suspended planned industrial action after 21 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees quarantined last week after their arrest for violating coronavirus-related movement restrictions were freed, it said on Sunday.
The governor of southern oil hub Rivers ...
April 17, 2020/ 10:14
More than 50% of Gazprom Neft employees have been tested for COVID-19
St. Petersburg. Gazprom Neft has completed the first phase of its mass COVID-19 preventative testing, covering both company employees and contracting organisations responsible for ensuring continuous production throughout the company’s industrial locations. Testing has made it possible to ...
April 16, 2020/ 11:13
LUKOIL commissions digital substation in Perm Region
Moscow. LUKOIL commissioned its first digital power substation at Chashkinskoye field in Perm Region. The new facility distributes and delivers electric power from a gas turbine power plant constructed to utilize associated petroleum gas.
Advanced process and control systems of the new ...
April 16, 2020/ 10:10
TAP commits ˆ1.5 M to support health services in Greece, Albania and Italy
Baku. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium has committed 1. 5 million euros to support health services in Greece, Albania and Italy, Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium.
“At TAP, health and safety come first. It is also our commitment to contribute to improving the ...
April 16, 2020/ 09:06
Gazprom commencing preparations for 2020–2021 autumn-winter period
Moscow. The Gazprom Management Committee reviewed the operating results of the Company's subsidiaries and organizations over the 2019–2020 autumn/winter period and discussed the measures to be taken for ensuring uninterrupted gas supplies to consumers in the upcoming 2020–2021 ...
April 15, 2020/ 08:18
TATNEFT has launched the automatic mask production line
Almetyevsk. TATNEFT Company has launched the robotic protective mask production facility brought from China.
The Company has delivered the automated line to Tatarstan on the Ruslan, which is one of the world's largest cargo lifting aircraft. TATNEFT has also purchased 2. 8 million ...
April 10, 2020/ 11:04
The Gazprom Neft filling station network introduces online-factoring
St. Petersburg. The Gazprom Neft filling station network is expanding the range of financing tools available to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) supplying goods and services to filling stations in settling accounts. Thanks to this online-factoring mechanism, network partners can obtain ...
April 10, 2020/ 10:20
Belarus wants Russian Gazprom to reduce natural gas price in 2020
Minsk. The matter of reducing the price for Russian natural gas for Belarus in 2020 has been raised, BelTA learned from Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich on 9 April.
It is obvious that global prices for energy resources, including prices for natural gas, are falling now. In ...
April 10, 2020/ 09:07
LUKOIL commissions Komandirshorskaya Group of fields in Nenets District
Moscow. LUKOIL started test production at three oil fields of the Komandirshorskaya Group – Komandirshorskoye, North Komandirshorskoye and West Komandirshorskoye – in the Nenets Autonomous District. The initial recoverable reserves of the three fields are estimated at 11 million ...