Russia

Russian Oil & Gas Firms Plan to Invest $20 BILLION in Iraq’s Energy Industry

Russian oil and gas companies could triple their investments in Iraq in the near future, Yury Fyodorov, first deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee a…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Starts Automated System Hot Tests on Leningrad II-2

Rosatom says the automated process control system installed at Leningrad II unit 2 is ready for hot tests on the reactor equipment. Hot tests mark the final sta…

RusHydro Inaugurates New Hydropower Plant

PJSC RusHydro announces an inauguration of 346 MW Zaramagskaya HPP-1 in North Ossetia. Yury Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexander …

Crude

Oil Falls 1% as Russia Needs Time to Mull more Opec+ Supply Cuts

Oil prices fell 1 per cent on Friday as Russia said it needed more time before committing to output cuts sought by other large producers while the coronavirus o…

Crude

Oil Climbs After Russia Backs Possible Output Cuts to Counter Coronavirus Impact

Oil prices rose on Friday after Russia said it backs a recommendation for the OPEC and its producer allies to deepen output cuts amid contracting demand for cru…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Reaches Milestone with Kursk II RPV

Kursk II will also be the first Russian nuclear power plant to have a digital automated system for managing costs and scheduling during the construction process…

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC and Ally Russia to Discuss Oil Price Fall After Coronavirus Epidemic

OPEC members and their ally Russia will convene a technical meeting this week to analyze oil price falls since the outbreak of a coronavirus epidemic, a source …

Oil & Gas Trade

South Sudan Welcomes Russian Firms To Its Oil, Gas Sector

South Sudan believes that Russian companies can help it to develop its oil, natural gas, and refining industries, the foreign minister of the small African oil …

Nuclear Technology

Russia Completes Testing of Latest Fast Reactor Fuel

Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has completed acceptance tests of its ETVS-22, ETVS-23 and ETVS-24 experimental fuel assemblies with mixed uranium-plutonium (ni…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Slams E3’s Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal as ‘Dangerous Turn’

Acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the E3’s plans to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism on the Iran nuclear deal as "a dangerous tur…

Ukraine to Boost Renewables And Energy Efficiency with EU's Help

Ukraine can focus in developing the country’s renewable energy sector and improve the much-delayed energy efficiency now that the former Soviet republic has co…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Repair Improvements Led to 3 TWh more Power in 2019

Greater efficiency in Russian nuclear power plant maintenance outages saved nearly 180 days last year and enabled 2.9 terawatt hours more electricity to be prod…

Oil & Gas Trade

India Exploring Ways to Source Crude Oil from Russia: Pradhan

India is exploring ways to source crude oil from Russia, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. “We are working on the strategy to diversify our crude oil suppl…

Oil & Gas Trade

India, Russia Initiate Talks for Long-Term Oil Supply

India and Russia have begun negotiations on an agreement for long-term assured supplies of crude oil, especially from Russia’s Far East region, as New Delhi lo…

Coal Mine

India Is in Talks With Mongolia And Russia to Import Coking Coal

The minister said India needs to import high-quality coking coal. "India has been importing coal from Australia but high-quality coking coal is also available i…