Russia’s state-run gas major Gazprom increased gas production by 0.5% to 500.3 billion cubic meters in 2019, the company’s best result since 2011, CEO Alexey Miller told reporters on Thursday, according to News.ru.
The export of gas to non-CIS countries declined by 1.3% compared to the record levels of 2018,...
Electricity generated by Russia's nuclear power plants hit a record high in 2019 by reaching about 208.8 billion kilowatt-hours, up from some 204.3 billion in 2018, nuclear energy company Rosenergoatom said Wednesday, according to EA Daily.
The top three generators were the Rostov, Kalinin and Balakovo nuclear power plants, Rosenergoatom,...
Russia produced more crude oil and condensate in 2019 than in any year since the breakdown of the Soviet Union, despite curbing production under an agreement with OPEC, Reuters reports.
Russia produced 560.2 million tons of oil in 2019, up 0.8% from the previous year, preliminary data from the Energy...
Russia is waiting for the president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to leave office before sending economic advisors to help the regime of his opponent and Moscow ally, Nicolas Maduro, Bloomberg writes.
Maduro is considered as the usurper of power by many of Venezuela’s population and...
Bulgaria's state gas company Bulgargaz and Russia's Gazprom have agreed for Bulgaria to start receiving Russian gas directly from the TurkStream pipeline rather than via transit through Romania starting January 1, RIA Novosti reported.
The move will save some 81 million levs ($45 million), the Bulgarian gas company has said...
The leaders of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed the topic of oil and gas supplies to Belarus in a telephone conversation on Tuesday, BelTA news agency reports, citing the press service of the Belarusian president.
"Further to and in development of yesterday’s conversation, heads of state...
The vice president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic has welcomed the conclusion of Ukraine-Russia contract for the transit of Russian gas to the European market through the territory of Ukraine, the Kyiv Post reports.
“My strong appreciation for all the hard work and effort! Building on last week's political...
Weeks after leaving Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project in fear of facing possible U.S. sanctions, Swiss-Dutch maritime construction firm Allseas has said it has no plans to resume work on the gas pipeline, Reuters reported on Monday.
The company suspended work on the underwater pipeline on December 21, shortly after U.S. President Donald...
Russian and Ukrainian companies on Monday signed the final version of a five-year agreement on the transit of Russian gas through the neighboring country, AP reports.
The deal comes after months of difficult talks and just ahead of a looming New Year deadline, which could have caused gas shortages in Europe.
The...
The world’s biggest diamond producer by output, Russia’s Alrosa, has announced it unearthed an unusually large 191-carat rough diamond at its Botuobinskaya kimberlite pipe in Yakutia, RIA Novosti reported.
Mineralogical analyses on the stone are still ongoing but the company’s experts said the preliminary results suggest that the diamond is...
