Александр Новак сообщил, что в 2015 году в нефтяной отрасли ожидается 1 трлн 188 млрд рублей инвестиций при уровне добычи в 533 млн тонн. Также, по словам Министра, на нефтяном рынке идет сокращение дисбаланса спроса и предложения - излишек предложения будет ликвидирован во второй половине 2016 года.

In an expansion of their ongoing global partnership, BP and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) entered into a framework agreement on strategic cooperation covering potential shale gas exploration and production in the Sichuan Basin and future fuel retailing ventures in China and other international partnerships.

The volume of gas supply via the western route might be boosted to 60 and to 100 billion cubic meters of gas a year.

China started construction last week of a pipeline to receive Russian gas, Russian state gas company Gazprom said on Tuesday.

China’s CNPC said Tuesday that it has made the country’s first ever tight oil discovery to exceed 100 million tons.

A flagship Russian gas project may soon test Moscow’s newfound willingness to cede greater control of its energy assets to Beijing in exchange for much-needed Chinese financing.

China appointed new heads for each of its three national oil companies on Monday, in a sweeping reshuffle of the industry at the heart of its two-year anti-corruption drive.

China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec, China’s top two state-owned oil companies, have denied they are considering merging to form a giant monopoly after rumours prompted both companies’ Hong Kong-listed shares to jump on Monday.

Россия готова рассмотреть заявки Китая на получение доли свыше 50% в стратегических нефтегазовых месторождениях РФ

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.