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Gazprom Cuts Capital Budget and Investments for 2015

December 30, 2014

Russian oil and gas major Gazprom announces budget reductions for next year Russia’s state-owned Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) announced its investment program and budget for 2015, cutting its capital budget substantially from 2014. With Russia reporting its first economic contraction today, it is little surprise that its oil industry giant decided to reduce spending for 2015. Russia’s Economy Ministry said gross

Ruble Crumbles as Putin Offers Reassurances

December 18, 2014

President Putin says the economic downturn will reverse, even as the ruble continues to slide During his annual press conference, which lasted three hours this year, President Putin offered reassurances that Russia’s economic downturn would be remedied, even as the exchange rate on the ruble continued to drop. The ruble has fallen about 45% against the dollar this year, with

Chevron Cancels Shale Gas Deal in Ukraine

December 15, 2014

Chevron (ticker: CVX) has terminated its contract with Ukraine to extract shale gas in the western part of the country. The world’s third largest oil company by market cap spent more than a year to get the government to simplify taxation for development, reports local media. “We have just terminated that PSA (production sharing agreement),” said Peter Clark, Chevron’s country

Russia and India Strengthen Energy Ties

December 12, 2014

Rosneft and Essar agree on key terms of Russian oil supplies to India Russia’s upstream producer Rosneft (ticker: RNFTF) and India’s oil refiner Essar signed key terms of oil and oil products supplies to refineries in India, according to a press release from Rosneft. The document was signed on December 11 in New Delhi by the head of Rosneft, Igor

Russia Resumes Gas Shipments to Ukraine

December 10, 2014

Yesterday, Ukraine confirmed that it had begun to receive gas shipments from Russia’s state owned Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) after a six-month cutoff, reports news agency ITAR-TASS. “Imports from Russia began two days earlier than planned,” Ukraine’s gas transport company Ukrtrangaz said in a statement. Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchishin said Ukraine had paid Gazprom on Friday, December 5, for the

South Stream Cancelled by Russia

December 2, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that Russia will be cancelling its $40 billion South Stream gas pipeline project. Mr. Putin cited unwillingness from European countries as the main reason for shutting down the project saying: “[the project’s cancellation] is the decision of our European friends. They are, in the end, customers. It is their choice.” Falling oil prices and

Are Western Sanctions Hurting Russian Oil and Gas?

November 19, 2014

Earlier this year, the U.S. and the E.U. began a sanction regime against Russia in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The sanctions are being used to target specific industries in the Russian economy, particularly oil and gas, the defense industry and the banking sector. Some companies, such as Russia’s oil company Rosneft (ticker: ROSN), have hired lobbyists to

Leaders Announce Second Landmark NatGas Deal between Russia and China

November 10, 2014

2+ TCF of gas to be supplied to China per year for 30 years With economic sanctions taking an ever greater toll on the Russian economy, it appears Russia is increasingly turning its focus towards strengthening its trade ties with China. China is already Russia’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade flows at $90 billion in 2013, but both countries

Agreement Reached Between Russia and Ukraine—For Now

November 7, 2014

This week marked the latest step in returning energy relationships to normal between Russia and Ukraine. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Naftogaz made its first debt payment of $1.45 billion to Russia’s state owned Gazprom (ticker: OGZD) for natural gas supplied to Ukraine during November and December 2013, Gazprom confirmed. This first payment is part of a winter gas package that was

$1.6 Billion Gas Deal Warms Europe, Ukraine

November 3, 2014

Moscow insists on payment up front Late last week, the EU, Russia and Ukraine struck a long awaited deal to supply Russian gas to Ukraine and Europe this winter. “EU officials said both Russia and Ukraine had bargained hard for commitments from the Western bloc,” according to Reuters, “with Moscow looking for EU cash to help Ukraine pay off debts to Gazprom (ticker: GAZP)

U.S. Energy: EU’s Alternative to Russia?

September 12, 2014

The European Union (EU) and United States levied more sanctions on Russia today in an effort to hamper the country’s already struggling economy. The latest sanctions primarily target Russia’s oil industry and military equipment. Supermajors participating in projects with Russia’s oil giants like Transeft, Rosneft and Gazprom are barred from investing in any large scale projects. Its gas industry, however,

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Oil Prices Unaffected despite Additional Russia Sanctions and Obama’s Pledge to Ramp up Action in Middle East

September 11, 2014

President Obama addressed the nation on Wednesday night, urging Congress to increase funding, assistance and conduct “a series of strategic airstrikes” against the Islamic State, or ISIL, the group marching across Iraq that recently beheaded two American journalists on Internet broadcasts. The President vowed to support the Iraqi government by providing military training and supplies, but stopped short of placing

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