Russia

BMI View: Gazprom's 2011 results exceeded the company's record 2010 performance, as predicted by BMI as early as Q111. The company's net profit has been lifted by volume growth and... 2012-05-21

BMI View: Our view thatRosneft would continue to sign deals resembling those already inked withExxonMobil and Eni is shaping up nicely, with the state-owned Russian company havingsealed... 2012-05-08

BMI View: Declarations made by President-elect Vladimir Putin stating that Russia was looking to introduce a package of measures to boost tight oil production are to be put into the... 2012-05-04

BMI View: Rumours that EDF could acquire a stake in Yamal LNG suggest that the project is gaining momentum, as does interest from other international companies such as Statoil, and... 2012-04-19

BMI View: Gazprom's plan to invest US$487.7mn in the Omsk refinery in 2012, as part of a wider US$3.9bn investment programme that will run to 2020, should raise capacity and enhance... 2012-04-13

BMI View: Gazprom Q311 results conform with BMI's long-held worries about the company's numerous capital-intensive projects. Indeed, these colossal commitments, which have always placed... 2012-04-04

BMI View: The confirmation that Sakhalin-III will be brought on-stream in H212, nearly a year ahead of schedule, shows that Gazprom is keen to take advantage of the volume and price... 2012-03-30

BMI View: Decision to consolidate Bashneft's downstream activities is in line with the strategy adopted after the acquisition of a controlling stake in the firm by Sistema. Furthermore,... 2012-03-13

BMI View: High level talks between Chevron and Russian officials suggest the company is hoping to get a foothold in the country's upstream through investment in its Arctic frontier.... 2012-03-02

Moscow may seek to incentivize increased exports from 'superviscous' heavy crude oil fields by cutting the export duty for such fields, Russia's Kommersant business newspaper reported... 2012-02-29