“This important contract is a key milestone for the Nord Stream 2 project: It will provide the logistical back-bone for the construction phase and is fully in line with our project schedule,” said Nord Stream 2 chief project officer Henning Kothe. “We are also pleased that Wasco will be co-operating with the ports, which successfully participated already in implementation of the existing Nord Stream.”

Был подписан Меморандум о взаимопонимании между ПАО «Газпром» и Нефтегазовой холдинговой компанией Королевства Бахрейн «НОГА Холдинг» по расширению сотрудничества в области сжиженного природного газа.

На протяжении порядка двух лет мы наблюдаем достаточно низкие цены на нефть, что сопряжено с большими рисками в будущем, главным образом потому, что ежегодно инвестиции в отрасль сокращаются на 200-250 млрд долларов. Буквально недавно была опубликована статистика о том, что прирост запасов по результатам геологоразведочных работ был наименьшим за последние 70 лет. Это говорит о том, что в перспективе могут быть риски дефицита энергоресурсов – поэтому странам необходимо координировать свои действия, чтобы как можно быстрее сбалансировать рынки.

Saudi Arabia hopes to work with Russia for stability in oil markets, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Sunday in a meeting with the Russian president in Hangzhou, China. World leaders are gathering in China this week for a summit of Group of 20 nations. Russia and Saudi Arabia will meet with other producers in Algeria this month to discuss oil markets.

Средняя цена нефти марки Urals по итогам января-августа 2016 года составила $39,36 за баррель.

В ходе встречи Министры подчеркнули важность поддержания ведущегося между сторонами диалога по текущим изменениям на нефтяном и газовых рынках, а также выразили обоюдное стремление осуществлять дальнейшее расширение двустороннего сотрудничества в сфере энергетики. Это обусловлено тем, что в настоящее время две страны несут на себе бремя ответственности по производству более 21% от мирового потребления нефти, необходимого для обеспечения глобального экономического роста и повышения уровня жизни, а также содействующего достижению Целей развития тысячелетия.

“From the viewpoint of economic sense and logic, then it would be correct to find some sort of compromise,” Putin said in an interview in Vladivostok. “I am confident that everyone understands that. We believe that this is the right decision for world energy.”

The agreements were signed at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, the president of BP Russia David Campbell and Schlumberger’s regional president Gokhan Saygi.

“There are no easy buttons to push. It’s not simply about the oil price, the Paris Agreement or the still incomplete single market. It’s about the interdependencies and how these factors amplify each other. At the end of the day, economic as well as social and ecological interests must be in balance with supply security in Europe.”

LetterOne, Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's investment vehicle, is looking at acquisitions in renewable energy and oil assets in the North Sea outside of Britain, its executive chairman John Browne told.

Profit attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom for the six months ended June 30, 2016 totaled RUB 607,160 million which is RUB 68,744 million, or 10% less than for the same period of the prior year.

Russia's No.2 oil producer Lukoil (LKOH.MM) second-quarter net profit dipped 2 percent, as a weaker rouble helped offset a 30 percent fall in crude prices that has gouged the earnings of many of its peers.

Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov proposed the gas hub, to be built near the city of Varna, days after Russia scrapped the Gazprom-led South Stream pipeline project over objections from the EC, suggesting a different idea of what a hub is from the conventional, virtual trading point such as the Dutch title transfer facility.

Iran sent a letter to members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries saying it would attend the group’s informal talks in Algeria in September, OPEC delegates told The Wall Street Journal. An Iranian oil-ministry press official couldn’t confirm the letter had been sent late Tuesday.

The Western sanctions have left Gazprom largely unaffected, including with respect to the execution and extension of existing contracts and the conclusion of new contracts for gas supplies with foreign parties, and have had little bearing on the Company's ongoing activities.