Russia

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Climate Change Doctrine in Focus at GECF Lecture

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum, the global platform of the leading gas producing nations, will be hosting the 51st edition of its GECF Gas Lecture Series on …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Makes Progress with Fast Reactor Upgrade

Zio-Podolsk has started manufacturing modules for PGN-200M steam generators as part of work to upgrade unit 3 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in the Sverdl…

Oil & Gas Trade

Suez Canal Logjam Barely Impacts Russian Urals Exports, Says Energy Ministry

The Russian Energy Ministry said March 29 that the logjam in the Suez Canal has barely impacted exports of Russia's key crude grade Urals, which uses other deli…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Eni and Novatek Kicking off Drilling Ops off Montenegro

Italy’s oil and gas company Eni and Russia’s Novatek are starting drilling operations in waters offshore Montenegro, using Vantage Drilling’s Topaz Driller j…

Rosatom

Russia’s State Run Nuclear Energy Firm Buys 49% Stake in Korean Lithium-ion Battery Maker

A subsidiary of Russian state-controlled nuclear energy firm Rosatom has taken a 49% share of Enertech International, a South Korean manufacturer of electrodes,…

Oil Pipeline

Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying could End by October

Pipelaying on one of the twin lines that compose Russian state-controlled Gazprom's 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 gas route might not be complete until winter, a re…

Market Analysis

Russia Considers Qualifying Nuclear Energy as “Green” Source of Energy

On March 16, 2021, at the site of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, representatives of VEB.RF, the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Industry and Trad…

Nuclear Technology

Russia Completes Key Equipment for ITER

Vacuum injection impregnation is one of the most difficult and critical stages of coil manufacturing, and was preceded by a number of technological stages compl…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Commercial Operation

The second VVER-1200 reactor at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in western Russia began commercial operation today.

LNG

Russia Says LNG Production Capacity Could Jump Threefold By 2035

Russia’s government approved on Monday the country’s long-term development program for LNG, expecting production capacity to rise threefold from current level…

Oil Pipeline

Biden Weighing New Sanctions to Block Russian Gas Pipeline

The Biden administration is weighing additional sanctions to block construction of the nearly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom Starts Building Reactor for Akkuyu Unit 3

AEM Technology, part of the Atomenergomash engineering subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has started manufacturing the reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of the A…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Leningrad-II Unit 2 Ready for Commercial Operation

Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on the compliance of unit 6 of the Leningrad NPP with the requirements of technical regulations …

Nuclear Power Plant

El Dabaa NPP as Significant As Aswan High Dam, Says Russian Ambassador

The importance of Egypt's first nuclear power plant is comparable to that of the Aswan High Dam, Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko said yesterday.

Nuclear Power Plant

Presidents of Russia and Turkey Give Start to Full-Scale Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 During a Ceremony Via Videoconference

10 March, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nucle…