Russia

Combined cycle power plant

GE Completes Major Inspection at Russian Combined Cycle Plant

GE has announced that its major inspection of the Siemens’s 60 MW SGT-800 gas turbine installed at the Ufa TPP-2 combined cycle power plant—owned by Bashkir G…

Nuclear Fuel

Trump Officials Eye Blocking Uranium from Russia, China to help U.S. Nuclear Industry

Trump administration officials on Thursday recommended granting U.S. energy regulators the ability to block imports of nuclear fuel from Russia and China and de…

Coal Mine

Russia's Mechel Sells Main Coal Mine Project to Reduce Debt

Russian steel and coal producer Mechel said on Wednesday it had sold its stake in Russia's Elga coal mine to a local businessman to reduce debt.

Oil Price

Russia & Saudi Arabia Ready to Make Deeper Joint OPEC+ Output Cuts to Boost Oil Prices

According to the Russian Energy Ministry, both countries are firmly committed to fulfilling the OPEC+ deal on cutting oil output.

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Regulator Approves Infrastructure Work for Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Construction of the FNPP is of particular importance both for the entire Chukotka Autonomous District and directly for Pevek.

Nuclear Power Plant

Hot Tests Completed at Ostrovets Unit 1

Hot-tests have been completed at unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be constructed in Belarus, Rosatom announced yesterday. The Russian state nuclear co…

Oil Price

Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output

The Kremlin may have succeeded in ending its oil war with Saudi Arabia, yet the pain of crude’s crash is only just starting to hit Russia’s budget.

Coal Trade

Ukraine to Hit Russian Coal With 65% Tariff in Effort to Reduce Energy Dependence

The Ukrainian government will today introduce a new duty of 65% on coal imports from Russia.

Nuclear Power Plant

Fire Raging Near Ukraine's Chernobyl Poses Radiation Risk

A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a rad…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Facility Awarded to Design the New Russian Megascience Installation that Would be Used for Anti-virus Research

The Central Design and Technological Institute, an enterprise of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company, has signed the government awarded contract for design of the Cent…

LNG

New Arctic Projects will Proceed as Planned, Despite a Sharp Drop in LNG Exports

Amid a world economic crisis, the Russian gas company Novatek is shipping less liquefied natural gas than it was just a few months ago.

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia to Assist in Provision of Fuel for El-Debaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt

The business development expectations in Egypt include the supply of nuclear fuel to all four power units of the planned 4,800MW El-Debaa nuclear power plant fo…

Oil&Gas Drilling

LUKOIL Moves to Next Stage of North Caspian Field Development

​Russian oil major LUKOIL said on April 10 the company has moved on to the next stage of facilities construction for the Valery Grayfer field being the launch …

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome Wins Reactor Protection System Contract for Russian NPP

French designer and supplier of nuclear steam supply systems and equipment Framatome has secured a contract to support Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II in Russia.

Crude Oil

Russia: U.S. Shale Decline Can’t Count As ‘Output Cut’

Production declines across the U.S. shale patch as companies reduce drilling and spending cannot be viewed as a voluntary U.S. cut aimed at supporting oil price…