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Gazprom: Discusses Sakhalin II Project Development with Mitsubishi

The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Ken Kobayashi, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation. The parties addressed the partnership development within the Sakhalin II project as well as the construction of the third process train at the LNG plant.

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Gazprom: Increases Yearly Investment Spending

The Gazprom Board of Directors approved the adjusted Investment Program, Budget (Financial Plan) and Cost Optimization (Reduction) Program for 2015. According to the adjusted Investment Program for 2015, the total amount of investments will account for RUB 1 trillion 043.04 billion, showing a RUB 238.69 billion increase versus the Investment Program approved in December 2014. At the same time, the amount …

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Gazprom: Boosting LNG Sales – 17% yoy Increase in Sales

The Gazprom Board of Directors took notice of the information regarding the implementation of the strategy for production and supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Among the crucial factors determining the current status of the LNG market were highlighted the following: further growth of demand at promising markets of China, India and Southeastern Asia as well as the emergence of new …

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Platts: Russia’s North Pole and Arctic Limits

Calling the oil resources of the Arctic vast is a bit like calling the weather there chilly. It is understandable why a nation would want to claim as much of it as possible. Yet the challenges to harvesting its wealth are also vast, which makes Russia’s move to owning a …

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Platts: Russia's North Pole and Arctic Limits

Calling the oil resources of the Arctic vast is a bit like calling the weather there chilly. It is understandable why a nation would want to claim as much of it as possible. Yet the challenges to harvesting its wealth are also vast, which makes Russia’s move to owning a …

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MSU Microbiologists Identify 100 Oil Decomposing Microorganisms Suitable for Use in Northern Seas

Under a contract with Rosneft to create a microbial medication for northern seas signed in 2014, scientists of Moscow State University’s biological faculty have identified about 100 microorganisms able to decompose oil and petroleum products at low temperatures including below zero ones. Over one year, more than 250 samples of …

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Big Plans for the Caspian

Russia and Kazakhstan have big plans on joint oil production in the Caspian Sea, RIA Novosti quoted Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as saying Oct. 15. Putin made the remarks after talks with Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev. He noted that Kazakhstan’s oil goes to foreign markets through the territory of Russia. …

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Oil and Gas Climate Initiative: CEO’s Call For Climate Change Action

CEO’s of 10 global oil and gas companies make collaborative declaration on climate change: – Call for an effective climate change agreement at COP21. – Strengthen actions and investments to contribute to reducing the GHG intensity of the global energy mix. – Support the implementation of clear stable policy frameworks …

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Oil and Gas Climate Initiative: CEO's Call For Climate Change Action

CEO’s of 10 global oil and gas companies make collaborative declaration on climate change: – Call for an effective climate change agreement at COP21. – Strengthen actions and investments to contribute to reducing the GHG intensity of the global energy mix. – Support the implementation of clear stable policy frameworks …

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Gazprom: President Putin Starts Amur GPP

A festive ceremony dedicated to the start of the Amur gas processing plant (GPP) construction took place today in the Svobodnensky District of the Amur Region. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, attended the ceremony. Russian President Vladimir Putin commanded to launch the Amur GPP construction via a …

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