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Onshore Fields Account for More Than Half of ExxonMobil’s Crude Production to 2021, says GlobalData

Analysis of upstream crude oil production shows that over $39.2bn in capital expenditure (capex) is forecast to be spent by ExxonMobil on oil projects over the next four years to ensure that its production remains around 2.1 million barrels per day (mmbd) in 2021. The Upper Zakum field would drive …

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Gazprom and LUKOIL Discuss Cooperation Prospects

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, took place in Moscow today. The parties discussed issues related to cooperation, including the prospects for further collaboration in the areas of gas supplies, transmission and processing. Source

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Kazakhstan Oil Output to Rise 1 pct in 2018 to 87 mln T – Energy Ministry

MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan will increase its oil and gas concentrate production in 2018 by 1 percent to 87 million tonnes, compared to 86.2 million tonnes the previous year, its energy ministry told Reuters on Tuesday. Oil production at its giant Kashagan oil field will rise by 33 …

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PetroNeft: Agrees US$2m Loan with Petrogrand, Winter Operations Commence

PetroNeft an oil & gas exploration and production company, operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, and 50% owner and operator of Licences 61 and 67, is pleased to provide a financing update.   Highlights US$2 million loan agreed with Petrogrand AB Operations – Winter production from Sibkrayevskoye is getting …

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Zoltav: Exploration Programme Assess the Carbonian and Devonian Structures

Zoltav, the Russia-focused oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to provide an update on the Company’s exploration programme to assess the resource potential of the Carbonian and Devonian structures in the Western Fields of the Bortovoy Licence, Saratov.   As previously stated, Zoltav believes there is potential to …

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NOVATEK Reports Preliminary Operating Data for Twelve Months 2017

Moscow, 16 January 2018. PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) reported today preliminary operating data for the twelve months 2017. In 2017, NOVATEK’s hydrocarbons production totaled 513.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), including 63.39 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and 11,772 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and …

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Kazakhstan Overtakes Iraq as OPEC Pact’s Biggest Over-Producer

Kazakhstan has overtaken Iraq to become the biggest over-producer in the pact between OPEC and its allies to curb oil output. The Caspian Sea nation’s output has been rising over the past year as the giant Kashagan field ramps up production. That’s in spite of Kazakhstan’s pledge to pump 20,000 …

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Gazpromneft-Yamal: Completes Russia’s First Quadruple Multilateral Well

Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazpromneft-Yamal has completed construction of Russia’s first ever multilateral well with four horizontal cased-hole side tracks, at its Novoportovskoye field. A total 6,756 metres was drilled, including 4,411 metres drilled in the target strata. The well was constructed in 39 days at a rate of 5.78 days per 1,000 metres. Drilling horizontally branched wells facilitates a manifold increase in production from disjointed low-permeability strata, …

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RussNeft: Produced 7m Tonnes of Crude Oil in 2017, Fulfilling the OPEC+ Agreement

“PJSC “RussNeft” is forecasted to have extracted more than 7 million tonnes of crude oil and around 2.5 billion cubic metres of gas in 2017, which is fully consistent with Company`s obligations under OPEC+ agreement and the previous year level”, says the press release of the company. According to the …

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Gazprom and TMK Discuss Cooperation Matters

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Dmitry Pumpyansky, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TMK, took place in St. Petersburg today.  The meeting addressed the current issues of and prospects for cooperation, including the development and manufacturing of new types of products by TMK in line with the requirements of Gazprom. Source

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