Russia Says Nord Stream 2 Will Be Ready Within Months
Around 160 km (100 miles) of the gas pipeline, which will supply Russian gas to Germany and other European countries, remains to be laid, the consortium behind the project said earlier on Dec. 23.
Equinor, Rosneft To Extract 250 MMbbl Of Oil At Russian Field
Oil firms Equinor and Rosneft expect to extract some 250 million barrels of oil and 23 billion cubic meters of gas during the first part of the development of the Severo-Komsomolskoye oilfield in Russia, Equinor said on Dec. 23.
Russia's Novak Says OPEC+ May Consider Easing Oil Output Caps In March
OPEC and other leading oil producers may consider easing oil output restrictions at their meeting in March, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview aired on Dec. 23.
Russia Gas Export Pipeline In Jeopardy As Trump Signs Sanctions Bill
Swiss-Dutch company Allseas said it had suspended work on building a major Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline in order to avoid U.S. sanctions contained in legislation signed by President Donald Trump on Dec. 20.
Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Bill Heads To White House
Measure, expected to be signed by Trump, would sanction companies involved in pipeline-laying.
Senate Committee Backs Russia Energy Bills
Committee vote on sanctions ‘from hell’ bill regarding election interference was delayed.
Putin, Xi Oversee Launch Of Landmark Russian Gas Pipeline To China
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Dec. 2 oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an economic and political boost to ties between Moscow and Beijing.
Kazakh Oilfield Kashagan To Resume Normal Output By Mid-December
Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfield will resume oil production of 400,000 barrels per day by mid-December, the Interfax news agency cited Kazakhstan's energy ministry as saying on Nov. 29.
Russia Signals No Change To Its Oil Quotas At Next Week's OPEC+ Meeting
Russian oil companies proposed on Nov. 28 not to change their output quotas as part of a global deal until the end of March, when the current agreement expires, putting pressure on OPEC+ to avoid any major shift in policy when the group meets next week.
Kazakhstan Asks Russia To Join Plans To Boost Gas Exports To China
Kazakhstan has told Russia it wants to join plans to boost gas exports to China, proposing that a new pipeline being drawn up by Moscow is connected to the Central Asia nation, Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin said on Nov. 25.