MOSCOW (Reuters) – The blame game over a contamination scandal in Russia’s oil industry has breached President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he Continue Reading
Low European-delivered thermal coal prices and high utility inventories caused May exports of Russian thermal coal to dip for the first time in 10 months, according to trading sources. Receive Continue Reading
As Poland’s biggest refiner publicly criticized the deteriorating quality of Russian oil, a suspect in the investigation into pipeline contamination that has severely disrupted Russian supplies is seeking asylum in Continue Reading
A small oil transport firm accused of pumping toxic chemicals into Russia’s crude pipeline network that then polluted oil exports to Europe received daily documents from Russian state pipeline monopoly Continue Reading
Russian state gas giant Gazprom’s natural gas exports outside the former Soviet Union declined by 5.6% to 102.8 billion cubic meters (bcm) between Jan. 1 and July 15 compared to Continue Reading
U.S. crude exports are gaining traction in Europe as even Ukraine turns into a significant consumer of American barrels at the expense of Russian supplies amid heightened U.S. political pressure Continue Reading
Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, has fully restored the volume of its oil supplies to customers after a major contamination on the Druzhba oil pipeline disrupted Russian crude supply to Continue Reading
Russian oil production fell close to a three-year low in early July, as output was undermined by a row between Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft ( TRNF_p.MM ) and the Continue Reading
The dispute between Rosneft and Transneft ( TRNF_p.MM ) is not a matter for Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in because it is a corporate matter, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Continue Reading
Last week saw Japan’s Mitsui and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation agree to buy a 10% stake in Novatek’s Arctic LNG (liquefied natural gas) 2 project for an Continue Reading
