Greece and Germany: An Unlikely Pair to Dominate the European Gas Market
At this year’s St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia announced two major European pipeline projects –...
Money has no smell
There has recently been a significant breakthrough in talks over the Iranian nuclear program. However,...
The dualization of Sechin
On June 17, 2015, Rosneft shareholders meeting is expected to approve the company’s credit agreements...
How crisis in Yemen affects neighbors and rest of world
Situation in Yemen, steeped in militancy and crime, shows no signs of stabilizing any time...
Yukos, Rosneft reach settlement agreement
Rosneft and a group of its subsidiaries including Samaraneftegaz, Tomskneft and Angarsk Petrochemical Company reached...
Gas insults
Miffed with Europe, Gazprom has decided to teach its European partners a lesson by leaving...
Samotlor Field
Almost 50 years ago, in the summer 1965, Soviet geologists discovered oil field under the...
World marks 40 years since King Faisal assassination
On this day, 40 years ago, Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal was assassinated in palace in...
ExxonMobil pays too much to Russia
ExxonMobil wants to get back the money, which the company overpaid as profit tax within...
Fuel costs
Specific “oil” taxes (royalty, excise duty) and conventional (VAT, income tax) are more than half...