Russia

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Gazprom Finds Record-High Gas Inflow on Kara Sea Shelf

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has performed another set of tests in the upper levels of the exploration well at the Leningradskoye field of the Yamal gas product…

SMR

Rosatom Plans First Land-Based SMR for Russian Far East

Rosatom plans to build a nuclear power plant equipped with an RITM-200 small modular reactor in the village of Ust-Kuyga, in Yakutia, which is in Far Eastern Ru…

Russian Federation

Russia Appoints New Energy Minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday named Nikolai Shulginov, head of the hydroelectricity giant RusHydro, as the new energy minister of the major oil-ex…

Coal Mine

Solntsevsky Coal Mine Increases Volume of Production

The Solntsevsky coal mine, a key mining asset of the Eastern Mining Co., has exceeded the figure in terms of production last year. Over 9.2 million t of coal ha…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Retires Leningrad 2 RBMK

The Leningrad 2 nuclear power unit in in Sosnovy Bor in Western Russia was shut down permanently today.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia's Gazprom Proposes Gas Price Rise for Poland

Poland has sought to reduce reliance on Gazprom.

Russian Federation

Novak Steps Down as Russian Energy Minister

Russia's long-serving energy minister Alexander Novak, who oversaw the country's participation in the Opec+ agreement, is stepping down after more than eight ye…

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC Would Miss 'Friend Trump', Wary of Strains Under Biden

Biden could modify U.S. diplomatic relations with three members of OPEC - de facto leader Saudi Arabia, and sanctioned countries Iran and Venezuela, as well as …

Oil Pipeline

The Point: Russia Opens Huge Natural Gas Pipeline Linking China

Russian natural gas has begun to flow into China. But how will it affect Russia's relations with the West – and is it even enough to satisfy China's energy nee…

SMR

Rosatom Plans Ground-Based SMR for Yakutia

Rosatom is planning to build a small nuclear power plan in Yakutia.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia Ranks Second by Oil Exports to China in September

Oil supplies from Russia to China increased to 1.83 mln barrels daily as of the end of September 2020.

LNG

Russia: Gazprom Opens Natural Gas Fuel Service Stations

Gazprom has launched two new infrastructure facilities for refueling motor vehicles with natural gas, eco-friendly vehicle fuel.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Crude Oil Exports Drop 8% In January-August

Russia’s crude oil exports dropped by 7.9 percent year over year in the period January to August.

Russian Federation

Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division

The Belarus Nuclear Power Plant has received permit to perform works on the stage-wise program for the power start-up of Unit 1.

Crude Oil

Putin Leaves Door Open for Opec+ Cuts Extension

Russian president Vladimir Putin says that Opec+ could maintain or even deepen its existing crude production cuts next year, the first time Russia has acknowled…