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Gazprom and OMV reach a basic agreement on potential asset swap
Russian energy giant Gazprom and Austrian oil and gas group OMV reached a basic agreement on Wednesday to swap a 38.5% stake in OMV's Norwegian unit for a 25% stake in a section of Gazprom's Urengoy gas field.
read more... 15/12/2016
Italian Eni to divest to Rosneft a 30% stake in Zohr field offshore Egypt
Italian energy company Eni agreed to sell a 30% stake in giant Egyptian gas field Zohr to Russian major Rosneft for $1.58 billion, as a part of the Eni’s plans to raise cash to confront low oil prices.
read more... 13/12/2016
Daily: Oil skyrockets at highest level in 18 months on non-OPEC deal
Crude oil prices skyrocketed to an 18-month high on Monday after OPEC and some of its rivals inked their first deal since 2001 to jointly cut output to fight against the global oversupply. On Saturday, producers from non-OPEC, led by Russia, agreed to slash output by 558,000 barrels per day, short of the target of 600,000 bpd but still the largest non-OPEC contribution ever. Brent crude futures rallied $1.36 to settle at $55.69 per barrel, a 2.5 percent rise, after hitting a session peak of $57.89, the highest since July 2015. The U.S. WTI rose by $1.33 to end at $52.83 a barrel, a 2.6 percent gain, though that was sharply off the day's highs.
read more... 13/12/2016
Rosneft sells a 19.5% stake for $11 bn
Russia has sold a 19.5% stake in state-controlled oil major Rosneft to a consortium of Glencore and Qatar Investment Authority sovereign-wealth fund for €10.2bn ($11bn).
read more... 08/12/2016
India is negotiating with Russia natural gas swap with China
A unit of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) is in discussion with Russia to swap natural gas with China and Myanmar as an alternative to building a proposed pipeline to carry gas from Russian Siberia, a senior official said on Wednesday.
read more... 08/12/2016