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Russian Federation

Fuel Loading Starts At Power Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2

The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the …

Russian Federation

Oil Price of $40-43 per Barrel more or Less Balanced

The Russian Ministry of Energy considers the current oil price of $40-43 per barrel more or less balanced and does not expect price changes after the weakening …

Micro Reactor

Audit of Main Reactor Equipment Complete at Leningrad 2-2

The audit of main reactor equipment has been completed at the Leningrad 2-2 nuclear power plant under construction in western Russia

Nuclear Power Plant

Akkuyu Unit 1 Hydraulic Tests Completed

Atommash,has completed hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Mersin provincey.

Crude Oil

The Middle East Nation Reopening its Doors to Iraqi Oil

It will also serve to consolidate the Shia crescent of power falling across the region by dint of Iran, and its prime backers, China and Russia.

LNG

Russia’s Blue Stream Gas Pipeline to Turkey Idle Since May

The Blue Stream pipeline delivering Russian gas to Turkey, due to be re-launched after maintenance in May, remains idle.

Crude Oil

OPEC and Russia May Ease Oil Production Cuts

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, and other major oil-producing countries are likely to increase their output in August.

Nuclear Fuel

Tender Announced to Provide Fuel for Russia's PIK Reactor

Russia’s BP Konstantinova Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics has announced a tender for the development of a core design for the PIK research reactor in G…

Nuclear Power Plant

Akkuyu Nuclear Head Gives Update on Turkish Construction Project

It took some time to combine the strategies of Turkish and Russian builders in the construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

Germany Proposes Construction of Joint Hydrogen Plant with Russia

Companies in Russia and Germany have put forward a plan to build a joint hydrogen production plant as part of a plan jointly to develop low carbon energy source…

Oil Price

Oil Price Crash Causes Major Recession In Russia

The oil price crash that Russia helped create, along with the coronavirus-driven global recession, will result in Russia’s economy shrinking this year by the m…

Oil & Gas Trade

Poland and Germany to Cut Russian Pipeline Oil Imports in July

Poland and Germany are set to reduce purchases of Russian flagship Urals crude blend via the Druzhba pipeline this month after Moscow cut its oil output along w…

Hydropower Plant

Verkhnebalkarskaya Small Hydro Plant Commissioned in Russia

All three units at the Verkhnebalkarskaya small hydropower plant in Russia were successfully commissioned at the end of June by technology group Voith.

Nuclear Technology

Russia Makes Nuclear Play for Power in Africa

Russia is pushing nuclear technology to African nations to both turn a profit and expand its political might on the continent.

Nuclear Power Plant

Scandinavian Countries Detect Nuclear Particle Emissions from Russia

Nuclear monitoring stations in Sweden have detected radioactive particles suggesting a nuclear incident in Eastern Europe.