Tagged With Jason Corcoran
Urals gets a benchmark
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
Transneft in court
2 November 2016
A brave investor is taking on one of Russia's dominant energy firms
Taxation, not privatisation ahead for Russia
28 September 2016
The collapse of the Bashneft sale means Russia's government will wring more cash from producers instead
Gazprom's commitments strain the budget
28 September 2016
The revival of a project to ship gas to Turkey puts more pressure on a company already struggling
Russian farce
5 September 2016
Russia’s planned privatisation of Bashneft is off, for now, after Rosneft made a mockery of the process
Russian revival unravelled?
5 September 2016
Russia has started to emerge gingerly from recession but don’t bank on it lasting
Trouble on the steppe
28 July 2016
Major new investment in Tengiz cannot mask deeper problems in Kazakhstan
Lukoil: Russia's sleeping giant
8 July 2016
Lukoil’s move for Bashneft suggests the company is at last ready to use its cash pile and challenge Rosneft
Western investment growing in Russia despite sanctions
28 June 2016
The appetite of Western majors for Russian assets is perking up again, despite rules that still aim to stop them investing
Kazakhstan’s brewing crisis
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
Russia's economy off the floor, just
3 June 2016
The country seems to have seen off the worst. But the recovery will be weak and come from a low base
Pumping for Mother Russia
3 June 2016
Keeping oil output high is now a political imperative, connected with Russian pride
Gazprom's clipped wings abroad
3 June 2016
New competitors are hurting Gazprom’s export strategy, which is also suffering from the Kremlin’s foreign adventurism
Gazprom's trouble at home
3 June 2016
Gazprom’s local rivals are taking an ever bigger slice of a shrinking Russian market
Selling more silver
20 April 2016
Needing cash, the Kremlin is willing to sell a stake in Bashneft and maybe even Rosneft
A Gazprom 50% dividend payout changes the game
15 March 2016
Needing money, the Kremlin wants state-controlled firms to raise dividends again. It’s a risky move for investors
Russian output growth to hit a wall in 2016
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