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EIA: US oil production to increase by 25% by 2014
According to the Energy Information Administration, the US oil production will grow by a quarter in the next two years, to its highest level in 26 years. The US oil production would grow by 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2013 to 7.3 million bpd. The reason of the increase in oil production is mainly because of the discovery of vast reserves of shale oil.
read more... 10/01/2013
Russia’s oil output hits new record in 2012
Russia’s oil output hits new record in 2012, to a new post-Soviet high of 10.37 million barrels per day due to an increase in production at Rosneft. Russia had established its previous post-Soviet record in 2011, when the production amounted to 10.28 million barrels per day. According to the International Energy Agency, Russia's oil output hit the highest level at 11.41 million bpd in 1988, when it was part of the former Soviet Union and it accounted about 90 % of total Soviet oil output. This new record confirms Russia as the biggest oil producer in the world.
read more... 03/01/2013
Russian oil output hits post-Soviet record
Russia's oil output, the world's largest, edged up 0.4% in November to reach a new post-Soviet high of 10.50 million barrels per day (bpd), compared with 10.46 million bpd in October, the previous record, Energy Ministry data showed.
read more... 03/12/2012
Russia’s Nord Stream is likely to reach UK
According to an English newspaper BP was in "secret talks" with Gazprom to develop the twin Nord Stream pipeline to Britain. The BP director for Russia David Peattie has announced that talks were in the initial phase, while the British Prime Minister David Cameron stated that it will support the project.
read more... 27/11/2012
TNK-BP to be involved in $31 bln long-term gas deals
The shareholders of two generating companies controlled by billionaire Viktor Vekselberg's Integrated Energy Systems Holding (IES) - Volga TGK and TGK-9 are envisaging signing contracts in December with TNK-BP's SL Trading for gas supplies worth up to $31 billion in the period to 2030, according to statements from the power companies.
read more... 13/11/2012