Tagged With Jason Corcoran
24 November 2017
CEFC’s investment in Rosneft should bring badly needed financing to Russia’s largest oil company
7 December 2016
After repeated mishaps, Kashagan's restart could do wonders for the local energy industry's image
26 November 2016
Russia wants a contract for its main export blend. Petroleum Economist talks to the head of the exchange that will offer it
17 November 2016
Russia is keen to coax Opec into a supply agreement, but is ramping up output in the meantime
2 November 2016
A brave investor is taking on one of Russia's dominant energy firms
28 September 2016
The collapse of the Bashneft sale means Russia's government will wring more cash from producers instead
28 September 2016
The revival of a project to ship gas to Turkey puts more pressure on a company already struggling
5 September 2016
New forecasts say the country will defy the gloom
and keep adding to production
5 September 2016
Russia’s planned privatisation of Bashneft is off, for now,
after Rosneft made a mockery of the process
5 September 2016
Russia has started to emerge gingerly from recession
but don’t bank on it lasting
28 July 2016
Major new investment in Tengiz cannot mask deeper problems in Kazakhstan
8 July 2016
Lukoil’s move for Bashneft suggests the company is at last ready to use its cash pile and challenge Rosneft
28 June 2016
The appetite of Western majors for Russian assets is perking up again, despite rules that still aim to stop them investing
28 June 2016
Violence in the country’s energy patch and haziness about who will be replacing its ageing dictator are exacerbating the pain of the oil-price collapse
3 June 2016
The country seems to have seen off the worst. But the recovery will be weak and come from a low base
3 June 2016
Keeping oil output high is now a political imperative, connected with Russian pride
3 June 2016
New competitors are hurting Gazprom’s export strategy, which is also suffering from the Kremlin’s foreign adventurism
3 June 2016
Gazprom’s local rivals are taking an ever bigger slice of a shrinking Russian market
27 April 2016
It was keeping to the pledge not to lift oil output. Now the battle is to sustain recent highs
20 April 2016
Needing cash, the Kremlin is willing to sell a stake in Bashneft and maybe even Rosneft
15 March 2016
Needing money, the Kremlin wants state-controlled firms to raise dividends again. It’s a risky move for investors
15 March 2016
Russia has repeatedly defied outsiders’ forecasts of imminent oil decline. Now the energy ministry is the one preaching doom
25 February 2016
The region’s three big producers will have a mixed 2016. Russian output will hold steady, while Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan see small declines
10 February 2016
The ruble's collapse and slump in oil prices are forcing firms to shrink their overseas interests
20 January 2016
Production defied expectations last year. But weak prices, sanctions and higher taxes will start to hinder the country’s oil sector in the coming months