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2014, October, 15, 22:15:00
SAUDI: GLOBAL PRICE WAR
Saudi Arabia effectively started a global oil price war this month aimed at quickly denting U.S. oil output. Slowing a U.S. drilling boom, however, could take more than a year.
2014, October, 15, 22:10:00
RUSSIA: PIPELINE TO JAPAN
Russia has proposed to Tokyo building a natural gas pipeline connecting fields in its far east with northern Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday.
2014, October, 14, 20:48:00
KUWAIT & SAUDI WON’T REDUCE: $76/BBL
Two of OPEC’s biggest members say they won’t immediately reduce oil production to offset tumbling prices, a signal the group is unlikely to heed Venezuelan calls for an emergency meeting.
2014, October, 14, 20:40:00
FOUR LESSONS FOR EU
Diversification of gas supply has been a strategic priority for the European Union since its dependence on imports began to grow in the early 2000s.
2014, October, 14, 20:35:00
RUSSIA & CHINA: STRONG TIES
Russia seeks an acceleration of its business ties with China. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev suggested on Monday that the two countries could soon reach an agreement on a second pipeline.
2014, October, 14, 20:20:00
ROSNEFT HIRES ZAIWALLA
Russian oil giant OAO Rosneft is devising a legal strategy to fight Western sanctions in European courts, according to people familiar with the strategy—a tactic modeled on the so-far successful legal campaign waged by Iran’s Bank Mellat.
2014, October, 14, 20:15:00
GAZPROM DROPS 23%
OAO Gazprom said profit for the first half of the year fell by almost one-quarter as Ukraine's Naftogaz didn't pay for gas supplied by the Russian state-controlled gas group.
2014, October, 12, 20:10:00
RUSSIANS KEEP CALM
With the rouble down 18 percent against the dollar this year and sanctions chipping away at economic ties with the West, ordinary Russians might be forgiven for rushing to put their money in a nice, "safe" foreign currency.
2014, October, 12, 20:05:00
ROSNEFT & MORGAN STANLEY: NO GUARANTEES
Morgan Stanley ’s deal to sell an oil trading business to Rosneft , the state-owned Russian oil group, is close to collapse amid the profound chill in relations between Russia and the US.
2014, October, 12, 19:55:00
GAZPROM: STOP LNG
Gazprom has said it could shelve its Vladivostok liquefied natural gas project as the Russian state-controlled energy giant focuses on supplying more gas to China by pipeline.
