Russia

Rosneft's unilateral move to push forward with a LNG export project at Sakhalin is an overt challenge to Russia's restrictive gas export policy, which reserves gas export rights solely... 2013-04-18

BMI View: Chinese President Xi Jinping's summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has produced remarkable results - not only has Russia agreed to double its crude oil supply... 2013-03-26

BMI View: Long awaited tax reforms to encourage offshore and tight oil production could finally come into effect in January 2014. This would be a positive development, though more needs... 2013-03-19

BMI View: Activity in the world's Arctic region is accelerating. The main players remain large oil companies such as ExxonMobil, Rosneft, Shell and Statoil and these majors could easily... 2013-03-07

BMI View: Technip has signed two agreements with Russian state-owned Rostec, under which it will form JVs in both the Russian offshore and downstream segments - two areas that have... 2013-03-04

BMI View: As expected, Gazprom has taken a FID on the Vladivostok LNG export project. This project will not only help the Russian gas behemoth diversify its markets into Asia-Pacific,... 2013-02-25

BMI View: Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin is on a trip to Asia, with an eye on possible tie-ups in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and offshore projects with capital-rich and energy-hungry... 2013-02-20

BMI View: The more significant aspect of Rosneft and ExxonMobil's expanded partnership in the Arctic is the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to study the feasibility of a LNG... 2013-02-15

BMI View: In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) the exploration of shale deposits is for the most part led by the state and/or in conjunction with major international oil companies (IOCs).... 2013-02-14

BMI View: The realisation of a Russia-Korea gas pipeline would certainly give the gas exporter a large market opportunity in South Korea, the world's second largest importer of liquefied... 2013-02-11