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Philippines re-energises South China Sea dispute
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the lifting of a six-year-old ban on oil and gas…
New US sanctions push Iran east and south
New US sanctions were today expected to be slapped on more than two dozen people and…
Erdogan steps back in Eastern Mediterranean
Tensions between Greece and Turkey over oil and gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean eased a…
Turkish Black Sea gas discovery fails to ease East Med tensions
Turkey has discovered a Black Sea gas but tensions with Greece over drilling rights in the…
Charter rates soar as supertankers drafted in to solve oil glut
Charter rates: In normal times a collapse in oil prices may have seriously negative implications for…
S&P upgrade gives Putin pre-election boost, but central bank frets about oil
The Russian economy received a welcome if qualified vote of confidence last Friday when S&P Global…
Coals to Newcastle*?: Putin offers to sell LNG from Yamal to Saudi Arabia
In the latest twist in the complex and sometimes bizarre tale of Eurasian geopolitics, Russian President…
Turkstream passes milestone but Russia calls for EU guarantees
The development of the $6bn Turkish Stream pipeline running from Russia’s gas fields to Europe via…
Detente between Tashkent and Astana paves way for $5bn gas deal with China
Kazakhstan is to start exporting natural gas to China for the first time this month after KazTransGas…
Rosneft earmarks $8.4bn for Arctic exploration with mystery partners
Rosneft – with the help of a number of as yet unspecified partners – is planning…
Concerns over Trump hard-line policy prompt BP to step back from Iran
Less than two months after deciding to exclude its US national CEO Bob Dudley from its attempts to…
Putin celebrates as Qatar wealth fund and Glencore buy $11bn Rosneft stake
Russian President Vladimir Putin took to the TV airways yesterday to celebrate the news that the…
Jump in prices prompts Naftogaz to turn back to Russia for gas supplies
Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz has asked Russian energy giant Gazprom to start supplying…
Oil prices slide back as Doha talks collapse
Doha talks: The price of crude oil fell by as much as 7% in early trading…
Low oil prices opportunity as well as threat, according to PM Medvedev
Russia should take advantage of low oil prices to change the structure of its economy, Prime…
Gazprom to drop European gas prices to lowest in 22 years
European gas prices are set to drop to their lowest rate in 11 years next year…
Iranian gas to compete with Gazprom in Europe by 2030
Iranian gas: Iran could become a major supplier of natural gas to the EU by the end of…
Sechin rules out possibility of Russia joining OPEC
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin today ruled out the possibility of Russia joining OPEC and said that…
Russian gas exports to Europe jump as prices fall
Russian gas exports to Europe jumped to an all-time high in July, its monopoly exporter Gazprom said on Monday, as European customers…
Greece to ask Moscow for gas discount and an end to fruit embargo
Greece to ask Moscow for gas discount: Greece’s Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and Syriza representative Thanasis Petrakos…
Yemen air strikes put brake on oil price slide – for the time being
Yemen air strikes: The air strikes launched by Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries in Yemen over…
Davos delegates told that high oil prices have spoiled Russia
Davos: High oil prices had spoiled Russia and distorted social motivation, the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor…