2013

Roxi, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to update the market with developments at its BNG and Galaz assets. BNG The Board is pleased announce the first pilot production from the South Yelemes field in the BNG Contract Area. Background Roxi has …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“MOG”) has advised the Company that it will provide various regulatory approvals for the Blocks A&E Licence in Western Kazakhstan …

TNK-BP informs that it will invest approximately $64 mln in the expansion of its drilling program at Varyoganneftegaz sites in 2013.   TNK-BP has been implementing a strategy of introducing new technological solutions to stabilize production at the Company’s brownfields in West Siberia. By 2016, the Company will invest the …

March 14th on the annual eighth conference “Supply chain in the oil&gas complex” (NEFTEGAZSNAB-2013) suppliers of some companies: Rosneft, TNK-BP, Gazprom neft, Transnet, Surgutneftegaz, Tatneft, Bashneft will meet contractors. Conference NEFTEGAZSNAB held in InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya Hotel is regarded to be the biggest Russian event which gather heads of logistics …

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A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of JSC TATNEFT, chaired by R.N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, was held in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan) on February 28, 2013. The Board of Directors meeting summed up the results of JSC TATNEFT’s budget execution in January and approved …

JSC “Moscow Integrated Power Сompany” (JSC «MIPC») will participate in XI Moscow International Energy Forum “Russian Energy and Fuel Complex in the XXI century” (MIEF-2013) in the status of the General Partner. Andrey N. Likhachev (Head of «Moscow Integrated Power Сompany») will perform in the role of the chairman and …

Beijing hosted working meetings of Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Jiang Jiemin, Chairman of the CNPC Board of Directors and Wang Dongjin, CNPC Vice President. Summer palace, Beijing, China Enlarge photo (JPG, 2 MB) Gazprom and CNPC agreed to step up the negotiations on Russian natural gas supply via the eastern route with a view …

TNK-BP summarizes the results of its energy saving program implementation in 2009–2012. The overall economic effect of the program over this period amounts to $270.5 mln. TNK-BP has been implementing a consistent strategy of power supply optimization through operational costs reduction, energy trading and captive power generation. The Company launched …

The Board of Directors of JSOC Bashneft made a decision to increase the number of members of the Management Board from 12 to 14, and appointed Dmitry Panyukov, the Company’s Vice-President for Regional Sales, and Dmitry Ryabchenko, the Vice-President for Capital Construction and Logistic Support, to the Management Board. At the meeting, the Board of Directors also considered other issues and approved a number of transactions …