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Rosneft Reserve Replacement Ratio Nears 180%, Hydrocarbon Resources Reach 339 billion BOE

Rosneft reviewed the results of DeGolyer & MacNaughton’s independent audit of its hydrocarbon reserves. In 2013, Rosneft once again confirmed its positions as a world’s leader among publicly traded companies in terms of proven hydrocarbon reserves and hydrocarbon resources. According to the results of the audit performed by DeGolyer & …

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Rosneft Receives First Tranche of Advance Payment from CNPC

Rosneft announces that the Company received the first tranche of advance payment from China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). The payment was received in two parts in line with the schedule agreed by the parties. The Company receives the advance payment following the long-term crude oil supply contracts signed by Rosneft …

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Moody’s Affirms Rosneft’s Credit Rating at Baa1, Upgrades Outlook to Stable

Moody’s International Rating Agency announced today that it affirmed Rosneft‘s Baa1 credit rating and upgraded outlook to stable. Rosneft Baa1 credit rating is now on a par with the sovereign rating of the Russian Federation. The management of Rosneft held a number of meetings with Moody’s representatives, where the mid-term …

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Rosneft Starts Early Repayment of Loans Arranged for TNK-BP Acquisition

Rosneft announces that it has started early repayment of a part of the loan obtained earlier from a group of international banks to finance TNK-BP acquisition. Early repayment of the loans obtained to finance TNK-BP acquisition before the due time established by the relevant loan documents became possible due to …

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Moody’s Affirms Rosneft’s Credit Rating at Baa1, Upgrades Outlook to Stable

Moody’s International Rating Agency announced today that it affirmed Rosneft’s Baa1 credit rating and upgraded outlook to stable. Rosneft Baa1 credit rating is now on a par with the sovereign rating of the Russian Federation. The management of Rosneft held a number of meetings with Moody’s representatives, where the mid-term …

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Rosneft and ExxonMobil Complete JV Formation to Develop Tight Oil Reserves in Western Siberia

Rosneft and ExxonMobil today signed documents establishing a joint venture to implement a pilot project for tight oil reserves development in Western Siberia as part of the implementation of the agreement on strategic cooperation. Rosneft will hold 51 percent interest and ExxonMobil will hold 49 percent interest in this project. …

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Rosneft and Statoil Move Forward With Shale Oil Cooperation in the Samara Region

Rosneft and Statoil today signed the Shareholders and Operating Agreement for a joint venture to assess the feasibility of commercial production from the Domanik shale formation. The document was signed Igor Sechin, President ofRosneft, and Helge Lund, Statoil CEO. This is another significant step forward following the Heads of Agreement …

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Enel: Completes $1.8bn Sale of SeverEnergia to Rosneft

Italy’s biggest utility Enel has completed the $1.8 billion sale of its stake in Russian natural gas producer SeverEnergia to Kremlin-controlled Rosneft, despite resistance from other shareholders reported Reuters. The deal has increased tensions between Russia’s oil barons, a headache for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he looks to boost …

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Foster Wheeler Selected for Initial Feed by Rosneft and ExxonMobil for Proposed LNG Project in Russian Far East

Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected by Rosneft and ExxonMobil to undertake the initial phase of the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a proposed Russian Far East liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. Foster Wheeler is one of two …

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Rosneft and Sinopec Agree Memorandum on Crude Oil Supplies

On October 22, 2013 Rosneft and Sinopec signed the Memorandum on prepaid export contract. The Agreement was signed by Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, and Fu Chengyu, Chairman of the Sinopec’s Board of Directors in the presence of Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian …

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