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Rosneft signs cooperative agreement with PetroVietnam

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Rosneft signed on Wednesday an agreement with Vietnamese oil and gas company PetroVietnam to strengthen their cooperative efforts. The agreement was signed in Sochi by Rosneft Management Board President and Chairman Igor Sechin and PetroVietnam Board of Directors Chairman Phung … Read More »

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Transneft: Azerbaijan falls short of satisfying oil agreement with Russia

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Transneft announced on Wednesday that Azerbaijan has failed to satisfy the terms of its oil supply agreement with Russia by a total volume of nearly one million tons. Per the agreement signed in January 1996, the Republic of Azerbaijan was … Read More »

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Tatneft releases first quarter production results

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Tatneft released its production results for its international oil operations for the first quarter of the year. In the month of April, Tatneft produced 2.14 million tons of crude oil, marking a slight increase over the previous year. April’s output … Read More »

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Tatneft ranked among top 10 Russian firms in corporate transparency

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Tatneft was ranked first in the top 10 list of Russian oil and gas companies with the greatest level of corporate transparency for the month of April. Conducted by the Russian Agency for Political and Economic Communications, the monthly transparency … Read More »

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Rosneft recommends resolution to pay $2.7 billion in 2012 dividends

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Rosneft’s board of directors recommended a resolution last week to pay 2012 dividends in the amount of $0.26 per ordinary share, roughly 25 percent of the company’s IFRS net profit for the year. If shareholders approve the board’s recommendation at … Read More »

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Bashneft CEO Aleksandr Corsik speaks on career

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Aleksandr Korsik is considered by much of the industry to be a longtime oil man, working for the last 15 years at the former Sibneft, Russneft and Bashneft, but much of the story of his life before 1995 is unknown. … Read More »

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Lukoil-West Siberia to start “Early Oil” project at Imilorsko-Istochnoye

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Lukoil subsidiary Lukoil-Western Siberia recently began active implementation of its “Early Oil” project at the Imilorsko-Istochnoye license block. The company has established a governing council as part of the project, and the project’s implementation schedule was approved. Lukoil will also … Read More »

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Rosneft completes acquisition of 13.7 percent stake in Italy’s Saras

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Rosneft subsidiary Rosneft JV Projects recently completed the acquisition of a 13.7 percent stake in Italian energy firm Saras, a deal valued at more than $233 million. Rosneft JV Projects purchased 130.29 million shares from the Moratti family, Saras’ controlling … Read More »

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