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Gazprom and Shell to add third LNG train at Sakhalin II Gazprom and the Royal-Dutch Shell (Shell) met in Sotchi end of February to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) defining the roadmap to proceed to the Sakhalin II expansion project with the addition of a third liquefied natural gas (LNG) train at the existing […]
Russia votes for competitive LNG export projects On December 1st 2013, Russia enforced the new regulation to allow Gazprom Russian competitors such as Rosneft and Novatek to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia. Until then, this export licence was concentrated in the exclusive rights attributed to Gazprom. But the Stokman experience, the legal pursuits of the European Community […]
Rosneft and ExxonMobil to export LNG from Russia During a visit in April on the Sakhalin-1 facilities, Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Victor Sechin announced his intention to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia in joint venture with his partner ExxonMobil in Sakhalin-1 on the far east of Russia. Mr Sechin indicated that this Russia […]
Russia Key Projects and Business Highlights In 2012, the newly elected President Putin managed to re-shape its oil and gas and petrochemical industry with number of strategic decisions to ensure that Russia will remain the largest producer of oil and gas in the coming years. President Putin based its economic program for the next five years […]
Among world top ten privately owned oil producers Headquartered in Moscow, Russia, TNK-BP was established in 2003 from the merger between BP Russia oil and gas assets and the local consortium Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR). Created on a balanced base, BP and AAR‘s stakeholders agreed to own 50% each of the newly formed TNK-BP entity. Through […]
The leading Russian Petroleum Company The actual OJSC Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft) was established in 1993 in Moscow, Russia, as a wholly state owned company under the name of Rosneftegas based on the transfer of assets from the OJSC Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft). Then in 1995, Rosneftegas was transformed into open joint stock company (OJSC) […]
Gazprom brings Shtokman back to square one Shtokman field was discovered in 1988, and is located 550 kilometers offshore northern Russian coast by 340 meters water depth. The recoverable reserves are estimated to 3.9 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. The project development is planned in three phases, each one to produce 23.7 billion cubic […]
