Hobbled by sanctions, Russian energy company Rosneft announced it joined its U.S. partners at Exxon Mobil in starting oil production from a Far East field. The Russian oil company said the production platform tied to the Arkutun-Dagi field yielded its first oil supplies Monday. Rosneft said the field should have a full-year peak production rate of about 32 million barrels of oil. Rosneft is the target of Western economic sanctions. Igor Sechin , its chief executive officer, is also the target of punitive economic measures. Sechin in August asked the Kremlin to use a national welfare fund to support its growing debt . With oil prices at historic lows, the Russian economy entered 2015 while teetering on the brink of recession. With new oil coming from its […]