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-- The premier source for information and insight into oil and gas in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Nefte Compass is the one-stop site for those looking behind the scenes of the oil and gas industry in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. The flagship of Energy Intelligence's FSU energy publications, Nefte Compass has established itself since 1992 as the single most reliable independent and authoritative source of information on oil and gas in the area, setting the highest standards for newsbreaking and informed analysis.
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Gazprom Sets Sights High on Shtokman Field
As the mystery thickens over the future of the first phase of the Shtokman gas development in the Barents Sea, Russia’s state Gazprom has already started to work on a plan to implement the second and the third phases of the project, aimed at ramping up output to a massive 71 billion cubic meters a year. (Thursday, February 4, 2010)
Kazakhstan Warns Western Majors Over Taxes
The president of Kazakhstan has warned the major Western oil companies operating in the republic that the long-term contracts that they signed in the investor-friendly 1990s are not sacrosanct and that they should be prepared to pay higher taxes. But the companies, which locked horns with the government when it imposed an oil export tariff two years ago, are in no mood to jettison the tax stability clauses that are the backbone of their contracts. (Thursday, February 4, 2010)
State Giants Leave the Worst Behind
State champions Rosneft and Gazprom both reported net profit falls of 36% this week -- as Russia itself posted its largest GDP decline since 1994 -- but the two companies will be confident they have now turned the corner. (Thursday, February 4, 2010)
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Feature Stories
Kazakhstan Warns Western Majors Over Taxes
Gazprom Sets Sights High on Shtokman Field
Russia
Russian Oil Loadings to Drop in February
Russia Boosts Oil Exports, Output Steady
Gazprom Raises Output to Meet Demand
Lukoil, Gazprom Neft Sign Iraq Deals
Gazprom Neft Expands in Africa
Rosneft, Lukoil Discover Oil Fields
Transneft Awards Siberian Pipeline Contracts
Russia, Belarus Defuse Energy Standoff
Russia, Venezuela Set Up JV
Russian Crude Exports To Non-CIS Markets, January 2010
Crude Exports Bypassing The Transneft Pipeline System, January 2010
Russian Crude Rail Shipments, January 2010
Russian Gas Production, January 2010
Tuapse Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Yuzhny Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Primorsk Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Gdansk Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Novorossiysk Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Kozmino Crude Loading Program For February 2010
Republics/Eastern Europe
Ukraine's Transit Status Key as Runoff Looms
Kulibayev Begins Kazakh Libel Action
Baltic Port Starts Gasoline Imports
Finance
State Giants Leave the Worst Behind
Equities and Currencies
Markets
Futures Reviving, Differentials Easing
Fuel Oil Hit by Cutter Stock Shortage

 

 

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