Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC Russia have decided to extend production cuts by another 9 months till March 2018 with the aim to tame the global
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Exxon Seeks Waiver from US Sanctions to Drill in the Black Sea
The American energy giant Exxon Mobil is trying to get a waiver from the US Treasury Department from the sanctions on Russia in a bid
Qatar Re-Launches Development of the World’s Biggest Gas Field
Qatar has lifted a self-imposed ban on the construction of the world’s biggest natural gas field as it looks to see off an anticipated increase
Saudi Arabia and Russia Team Up to Help World’s Oil Markets
Saudi Arabia and Russia seized the opportunity given by a G20 summit and agreed that they would cooperate in global oil markets in the future.
The EU Energy Union: More Than the Sum of Its Parts?
Dieter Helm (Centre for European Reform) The development of a common strategy for the European Energy Union had long been neglected by EU institutions. This
Moscow’s Retaliation: Turkish Stream Pipeline Construction Suspended
Moscow has suspended construction works on the Turkish Stream pipeline, the proposed natural gas pipeline from the Russian Federation to Turkey across the Black Sea.
Think-Tank: Designing a New EU-Turkey Strategic Gas Partnership
Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann (Bruegel) The current crisis in Ukraine has moved the issue of energy security back to the forefront of EU interests.
Russia and Iran Start “Oil for Goods” Barter Trade
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that would put an end to a self-imposed ban on supplying S-300 anti-missile rocket system to Iran on
Rosneft’s Boss Blames OPEC and the U.S. for Cheap Oil
The boss of the Russian state-run oil company, Rosneft, Igor Sechin, criticized OPEC’s decision not to cut production on the sidelines of the International Petroleum
Russia and China Sign a Second Gas Deal
Moscow and Beijing have signed the second gas deal for a gas supply although plummeting energy prices are increasing doubts about the overall mutual Russia-China