“These Russian attacks on Ukrainian life can be stopped,” he said. “With pressure, sanctions, blocking the occupiers’ access to the components they use to create the tools of this terror, arms packages for Ukraine, and a resolve that must be unwavering.”
In the four weeks to November 17, Russian crude oil exports by sea dipped to 3.28 million barrels per day (bpd), down by 150,000 bpd compared to the previous four-week average to November 10, according to the data reported by Bloomberg’s Julian Lee.
The revenues from oil for the state were also impacted by the government subsidy paid to local refiners.
The ruling by a Finnish court came after Russia failed to pay €4.6bn in compensation to the Naftogaz Group following its occupation of Crimea in 2014.
Russia should use its existing competitive advantages in the form of oil and gas and not succumb to the well-intentioned green agenda. Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, made such an appeal, as quoted by Interfax.
BP has scrapped a previous target to reduce its oil and gas production by the end of the decade as the UK-based supermajor is pivoting back to its core hydrocarbons business to lift investor returns, Reuters reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the plans.
China changed the structure of its oil imports in August, giving preference to supplies eligible for discounts.
Russian oil exports in August 2024 decreased by 290,000 b/d month-over-month (m-o-m) to 7 million b/d, according to analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA), based on trade data from Kpler and Argus Media. This marks the second consecutive month of decline and the lowest level since March 2021.
Russian oil companies received payments totaling 163.3 billion rubles from the budget for the fuel damper in August, the Finance Ministry said in materials on forming and utilizing additional oil and gas revenues from the federal budget, as posted on its website.
Investment firm LetterOne, owned in part by sanctioned Russian oligarchs Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, has acquired a minority stake (14.87%) in Harbour Energy, which is the UK’s biggest oil and gas company with operations in Norway, Southeast Asia, Germany, North Africa and Argentina.