The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $116.94 a barrel on Wednesday,

Николай Шульгинов провёл телефонный разговор с Министром энергетики и природных ресурсов Турции Фатихом Донмезом. Министры обсудили вопросы двустороннего сотрудничества в области энергетики. Разговор прошёл по инициативе турецкой стороны.

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco” or “the Company”) announced its full-year 2021 financial results, reporting that net income more than doubled year-on-year to $110.0 billion. Aramco declared a fourth quarter dividend of $18.8 billion, to be paid in the first quarter of 2022.

The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $104.96 a barrel on Thursday, compared with $104.06 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Иран готов поддержать Россию и развивать кооперацию в более интенсивном режиме, отметил в свою очередь Министр нефти Ирана Джавад Оуджи. «Россия находилась рядом с нами, когда мы попали под санкции, поэтому сегодня мы считаем своей обязанностью быть рядом с Россией в этих трудных условиях и оказывать содействие», – заверил он.

Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership council. Earlier, Johnson met the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nayhan, in Abu Dhabi.

But getting Saudi Arabia and the UAE to agree to pump more crude would require them to break a more-than-five-year partnership with Russia that has forged strong ties beyond oil — an uncertain prospect as they increasingly look eastward for political allies.

In 2021, Russia was the largest natural gas-exporting country in the world, the second-largest crude oil and condensates-exporting country after Saudi Arabia, and the third-largest coal-exporting country behind Indonesia and Australia.

"We have good prospects and a common interest in continuing coordination on the global energy market, including within the framework of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum," Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow following talks with his Qatari counterpart.

Azerbaijan is willing to increase its gas supply to Europe via Turkey amid persisting concerns over natural gas supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

Saudi Arabia's national oil company Saudi Aramco has taken the final investment decision (FID) to participate in the development of a 300,000 bbl/d refinery in the city of Panjin, in China’s Liaoning Province.

Saudi National Development Fund to inject SR570 billion ($152 billion) in the Kingdom’s economy by 2030

Turkey relies on Russia for 45% of its natural gas demand, 17% of oil and 40% of its gasoline, Deputy Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said in remarks on the sidelines of the CERAWeek energy conference.

"With IRENA forecasting that energy transition investments will have to increase by 30% over planned investment to a total of $131 trillion between now and 2050, the UAE is committed to supporting this transition through domestic and foreign investment. To achieve our ambition, we plan to invest $163 billion to diversify our energy mix."