Russia: oil output up in September 2016

Russia has set a new record in oil production by increasing output by 4% MoM to 11.11 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, Reuters reported on October 2, citing the latest data of the Energy Ministry. Bloomberg also reported citing the data that Russia’s daily production of natural gas increased by 5.15% YoY and…

Russia to negotiating gas dispute with Belarus

Russia and Belarus will discuss their natural gas dispute, but not a discount some time, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said earlier in September that Moscow and Minsk had almost agreed on the price of Russian gas supplies, but Yury Yaroshevich, minister-councilor of the Belarusian embassy in Russia, said shortly…

Ukraine: Wind Power restructuring its loan

Wind Power LLC, a part of an operational company DTEK Renewables, that manages assets in the renewable energy sphere, entered into an agreement with the lender to change the terms of the financing secured by the guarantee of the parent company DTEK Renewables B.V. In 2012-2014, Wind Power raised two loans from LandesBank Berlin AG…

Russia: Renova gets no offers to sell T Plus

Russian multi-industry holding Renova Group has not received any offers to sell its unit, power producer T Plus, Viktor Vekselberg, the group’s main owner and chairman of the board of directors, said. Ensuring power supplies in 16 Russian regions, T Plus is currently involved in a bribery case. According to the Investigative Committee, in 2007-2014,…

Belarus: Belenergo and Siemens to implement joint projects

The Belarusian national electrical company Belenergo and Siemens Company have signed a cooperation agreement, the Belenergo press service reported. The document was signed by Belenergo Director General Yevgeny Voronov and Siemens AG Vice President Willi Meixner. The sides intend to work together on the concept and preliminary technical solutions for using Siemens-made gas turbine power…