The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will lobby for a change in the route of the gas pipeline Power of Siberia-2 in order to preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site Golden Mountains of Altai, WWF Russia’s extractive industry environmental policy officer Alexey Knizhnikov said. In 2015, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation…
Russian gas exports to non-CIS countries in January-July increased by 10.7% YoY, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said. “According to preliminary data, in the first 7 months of 2016, export of Russian gas to non-CIS countries increased by 10.7% or by 9.5 billion cubic meters YoY. The leader in growth in absolute terms is United Kingdom…
Ukraine pumped 1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into the underground storage facilities in July and reached the level of 10.7 bcm of gas as of August 1, according to PJSC Ukrtransgaz’s, the Ukrainian operator of the gas transportation system. According to the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), at present 10.66 bcm of natural…
Ukrainian natural gas consumption in January-July dropped to 17.1 billion cubic meters from 19.4 billion for the same period last year, Department of Public Relations and Press at Ukrtransgaz company reported. “The operator of the domestic pipeline system reports that the consumption of natural gas by Ukraine has amounted to 17.1 billion cubic meters since…
Total E&P Russie, a 100% affiliate of Total group, has transferred a 20% participating interest in and the operatorship of the Production Sharing Agreement for the Development and Production of Oil in the Kharyaga Field to Zarubezhneft-Production Kharyaga LLC, a subsidiary of Zarubezhneft JSC. Pursuant to Amendment No. 3 to the Kharyaga PSA signed by…
Proactive discussion of benefits for the mineral extraction tax (MET) on offshore fields is expected to start this fall, Russian Minister of Natural Resources Sergei Donskoi said. “We have not yet discussed it in detail. However, I think more active discussion will start in fall”, Donskoi said. Meanwhile, the ministry will support any project stimulating…
Japanese JGC Corporation is exploring the possibility of building a mini LNG plant on Sakhalin, press service of the Sakhalin region government said. “The topic of constructing a mini LNG plant on the south of Sakhalin Island has been raised in May during a visit to Japan by the representative Russian delegation headed by Deputy…