Russia will supply 35 LNG shipments to Egypt starting later this year The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has signed a five-year contract with Russia’s state-owned Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The contract stipulates the supply of 35 LNG shipments, or seven shipments per year for five years, according to Egypt’s Ministry of
Glencore plans to convert shares in subsidiaries of Russia’s Russneft into a 49% stake in the company Swiss mining giant Glencore (ticker: GLEN) plans to take a 49% stake in Russian oil producer Russneft (ticker: RUSN) by exchanging Glencore’s shares in Russneft’s subsidiaries for shares in the holding company, according to a release from the Swiss company. This news comes
Germany’s RWE utility company completes sale to Russian firm despite opposition from the U.K. government. German utility RWE AG (ticker: RWE:XETRA) closed the sale of its oil and gas unit Dea for €5.1 billion ($5.7 billion) to LetterOne Group, an investment firm headed by Mikhail Fridman, who has strong ties with Russian business. The U.K.’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
The Kremlin is thinking of giving majority control of major oil fields to Chinese investors in order to develop energy reserves Russia may consider allowing Chinese investors more than 50% stake in its strategic oil and gas fields, an official said last Friday to The Moscow Times. The decision, a complete change in previous policy, highlights Moscow’s need for foreign
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper imposed new sanctions on Russia this week, including on Rosneft Stephen Harper’s government announced Tuesday the expansion of sanctions against Russia for its involvement in Ukraine. The expanded sanctions target Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft (ticker: RNFTF), as well as Rostec, which encompasses weapons, cars and metals. Canada had previously resisted sanctioning both companies because
President Putin to explore alternatives to South Stream with the E.U. Russia is ready to discuss alternative options to South Stream with its European Union partners, says President Vladimir Putin. The Russian president said his country was not trying to punish its E.U. partners by deciding to stop the project, and is open to alternatives, but will not abandon cooperation
Russia’s oil and gas industry faces many obstacles in today’s market, but sanctions may be causing the most damage For the first time in a decade Russia’s credit rating was downgraded to junk by Standard & Poor’s rating agency last week as the Russian economy continues to weaken under the weight of an increasingly bleak outlook. Low oil prices have
‘The Big Three’ have all downgraded Gazprom, but China’s Dagong ratings agency recently issued the company its highest rating Standard & Poor’s rating agency today downgraded Russia’s state-owned oil and gas giant Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) and a number of other major Russian companies, joining Moody’s and Fitch in a series of credit downgrades directed at the Russian oil and gas
Sources inside the company have confirmed that Rosneft will not be able to move forward in the Arctic for at least a year due to sanctions. State-owned energy giant Rosneft (ticker: RNFTF) will not be able to continue drilling in the Kara Sea in 2015 after Western sanctions halted its cooperation with ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) in the arctic, two company
Ни пуха ни пера Ни пуха ни пера (pronounced: Ni púxa ni perá) is traditionally said to wish someone luck in Russian. Literally, the phrase translates to “no fluff no feathers” and is used the same way people say “break a leg” to wish someone bad luck when really they hope things go well. While the phrase is believed to
Russia receives downgrade Moody’s Investors Service announced last week that it was downgrading the outlook for the government of Russia’s debt rating to Baa2 from Baa1, putting Russia’s rating just one notch above a junk rating. Moody’s also maintains a negative outlook for the future of Russia’s ratings. According to the release put out by Moody’s, the main reasons for
Low prices will hurt the Russian economy, but they are far from being Russia’s only problem The World Bank last month released its growth projections for Russia in 2015 and 2016, offering a glimpse into a potentially bleak future for the country. The report included three separate projections for the Russian economy for the next two years based off the
