Russian scientist says leave coal in the ground
Nearly all of the world’s coal reserves and 30 percent of its oil should be left alone in order to keep climate change at bay, a Russian scientist said. Mikhail Continue Reading
Libyan Oil Liberator Aims To Boost Russian Ties
In a sign that Libya’s powerful military is moving closer to Russia, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar—the man responsible for recapturing the country’s oil ports and essentially restarting Continue Reading
Gazprom expects no changes to key projects from new U.S. sanctions
Gazprom said on Monday that new U.S. sanctions against Moscow would not result in the Russian gas exporter having to make changes to key projects, although they could cause delays. Continue Reading
Special Report: Vladimir’s Venezuela – Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets
Venezuela’s unraveling socialist government is increasingly turning to ally Russia for the cash and credit it needs to survive – and offering prized state-owned oil assets in return, sources familiar Continue Reading
Rosneft says lent Venezuela’s state oil firm a total of $6 billion
Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said on Tuesday it had made around $6 billion in pre-payments to Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and had no immediate plans to make any Continue Reading
Russian Crimea Project Faces New EU Sanctions
Deputy Russian Energy Minister Andrew Cherezov and three new Russian companies now face new sanctions from the European Union due to their involvement in the delivery of gas turbines to Continue Reading
Wintershall warns U.S. against playing ‘geopolitical football’
German energy company Wintershall, a European partner with Russia’s Gazprom, said the European energy sector can’t be used for “geopolitical football .” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill Continue Reading
Exclusive: Sanctions gap lets Western firms tap Russian frontier oil
A gap in U.S. sanctions allows Western companies to help Russia develop some of its most technically challenging oil reserves, and risks undermining the broad aim of the measures, a Continue Reading
Russian oil producer highlights Asian reach
Russian oil producer Rosneft highlighted its focus on operations offshore Asia by boasting of its future exploration and production plans for Vietnam. The Vietnamese subsidiary said it was marking 15 Continue Reading
How Will The EU Respond To Fresh US Sanctions On Russia?
“Okay, you think we’re the bad guys, we’re going to be bad guys and we’ll see whether you like it or not” Konstatin Eggert, a political commentator, told The Washington Continue Reading