Rosneft signed investment and crude-purchasing agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corp. as more international companies return to the North African country to gain access to Africa’s largest reserves.
Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest crude producer in December, when both countries started restricting supplies ahead of agreed cuts with other global producers to curb the worst glut in decades.
Russia’s largest oil field, so far past its prime that it now pumps almost 20 times more water than crude, could be on the verge of gushing profits again for Rosneft.
The head of Russia's biggest oil company Rosneft met with a government minister in what turned out to be a law enforcement sting operation, according to reports
Russia poses a danger to the U.S. and must be held accountable for its actions, Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., will tell senators at his confirmation hearing.
Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) have agreed to conduct a study into the possible development of two oil fields in Iran.
Russian officials plan to meet oil leaders from Opec and non-Opec nations today to discuss some “unresolved” issues ahead of tomorrow’s talks about production cuts in Vienna, a news report said.
The one-time richest man in Russia has vowed to finance democracy campaigns in his homeland after an Irish court lifted freezing orders on £85 million in an investment fund.
Russia sold an 10.2-billion euro ($11 billion) stake in its largest oil producer to commodity trader Glencore Plc and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund in a triumph for President Vladimir Putin, who announced the deal on state television personally.
A vice-president at Lukoil said today that the Kremlin should compensate Russian oil companies for production cuts that could be enforced following this week’s Opec output deal, according to a news report.
After months of meetings from Doha to Moscow, it was a 2 a.m. phone call between two of the most powerful men in the global oil industry that finally broke the impasse.