en Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:52:17 UT Big Medium 2.0b49 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/index.shtml Ireland-based Caspian explorer Dragon Oil has increased its first-half 2007 production by 52 percent to 28,300 barrels of oil per day, with an eighth new well planned for month’s end. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:52:12 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/dragon-uses-100m-pumps-50-more-caspian-oil.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1421 Oil Oil/New Developments Oil/Production By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/dragon-drill-bit-raises-more-caspian-oil.shtml Statoil would neither confirm nor deny on Tuesday the Norwegian state champion had been invited by Gazprom Neft, the gas monopoly's oil business, to help develop a field offshore Sakhalin island. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:22:08 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/statoil-sakhalin-link-up-could-earn-tax-break.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1413 Oil Oil/New Developments Oil/Exploration Oil/Politics and Policy By Province By Province/Russia By Province/Asia-Pacific News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/total-to-book-shtokman-reserves.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/gazprom-gives-total-24-percent-of-shtokman.shtml Independent Russia producer Imperial Energy has rejected reports in the Russian English-language press in which Russia’s Ministery of Natural Resources reportedly disputes the oil company’s reserves claims. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:26:01 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/imperial-in-defence-of-reserves-count.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1402 Oil Oil/Production By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-strikes-oil-pipeline-contracts-in-siberia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-festive-over-festivalnoye-find.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-meets-mitvol-in-siberia.shtml Total has all but secured reserves from Gazprom’s giant Shtokman gas field in the eastern Barents Sea, after a signing ceremony in Moscow Friday clinched a 25-year development deal, with options. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:42:24 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/total-to-book-shtokman-reserves.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1394 Gas Gas/LNG Gas/New Projects Gas/Exploration Gas/Pipelines Gas/Supplier Contracts Gas/Technology Gas/Production By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/gazprom-gives-total-24-percent-of-shtokman.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/wingas-secures-4b-german-landfall-for-shtokman-flo.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/trio-of-shtokman-designs-ahead-in-arctic-queue.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/shtokman-estimate-16b-plus-murmansk-overhaul.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/oil-minister-talks-gas-as-russians-open-up.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/gazprom-puts-new-shtokman-call-to-oil-companies.shtml U.K.-based Kazakh player Max Petroleum reported Friday that a “competant persons” audit of the reserves in its Kuzbak prospect suggest “risked” resources of 250 million barrels of oil equivalent. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:52:05 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/max-risks-250mm-bbls-in-kazakh-field.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1392 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Exploration/arawak-to-acquire-take-in-kazakhstan-saigak-field.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/caspian-services-grows-kazakh-haul-despite-loss.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/max-gas-strike-forces-caspian-crew-scramble.shtml Gazprom has chose French oil company Total to jointly own the Shtokman project company which will own some $16 billion in infrastructure at the 3.6-trillion-cubic metre gas field in the eastern Barents Sea. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:59:03 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/gazprom-gives-total-24-percent-of-shtokman.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1386 Gas Gas/LNG Gas/New Projects Gas/Exploration Gas/Pipelines Gas/Supplier Contracts Gas/Technology By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/shtokman-estimate-16b-plus-murmansk-overhaul.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/wingas-secures-4b-german-landfall-for-shtokman-flo.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/trio-of-shtokman-designs-ahead-in-arctic-queue.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/oil-minister-talks-gas-as-russians-open-up.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/gazprom-puts-new-shtokman-call-to-oil-companies.shtml TNK-BP’s gas business in Russia will spend $4 billion investing and acquiring in Russian and abroad this year, judging from a company statement. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:34:32 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/tnk-bp-prospects-spend-up-on-russia-shares.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1363 Gas Gas/Production By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/tnk-bp-declares-1b-a-year-exploration-drive.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/tnk-bp-and-parent-company-see-smaller-gains.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/tnk-bp-faces-kovytka-license-loss-within-days.shtml Sakhalin Energy has started drilling Russia’s first two offshore gas-production wells from the Lunskoye-A platform in the Russian Far East after the Shtokman exploration wells in the Barents Sea. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:44:48 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/sakhalin-energy-preps-zero-release-russias-first-o.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1354 By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/shell-show-goes-on-after-sakhalin.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/russians-to-check-sakhalin-i-kharyaga-wells-docume.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Exploration/premium-mobilizes-for-offshore-sakhalin-job.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Financial/Oil_Company_News/shell-swallows-sakhalin-deal-posts-254b-year.shtml The European Bank for Reconstruction and Devleopment will raise by $8 million to $32 million the money it will put into a company developing a marine base by the Caspian Sea in the Bay of Bautimo, Kazakhstan. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:17:33 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/caspian-base-takes-form-as-ebrd-weighs-in.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1350 By Province/Russia Financial Financial/Supplier News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/caspian-gas-to-make-for-europe-via-russia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/dragon-drill-bit-raises-more-caspian-oil.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/tnk-bp-set-to-shoot-off-coastal-caspian.shtml Sibir today announces that the crude oil production rate at its Salym fields now exceeds 80,000 barrels per day (bopd), a new record for the company. The Salym fields are located in western Siberia and are operated by Salym Petroleum Development NV (SPD, Sibir’s 50:50 joint venture with Shell). Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:21:48 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/sibir-energy-announces-production-record.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1319 Oil Oil/Exploration Oil/Production By Province/Russia News Imperial Oil on Tuesday affirmed the oil industry’s 130-year-old fixation with Russia with an oil strike and the declaration of a $245-million pipeline project for wells expected to come on stream. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:13:50 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/imperial-strikes-oil-pipeline-contracts-in-siberia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1280 Oil Oil/Pipelines By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-primes-pipelines-for-siberian-oil.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-festive-over-festivalnoye-find.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-meets-mitvol-in-siberia.shtml Kaliningrad terminal owner and Western Siberian explorer Baltic Oil Terminals blamed costs and reported on Tuesday the widening of losses in 2006 by some £7.4 million over 2005 to £8.23 million, despite rising revenues. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:58:48 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/baltic-oil-accepts-loss-to-grow-plant-prospects.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1279 By Province/Russia Financial Financial/Oil Company News News Oslo-listed Saga Oil has raised NOK180 million ($30 million) listing to private and institutional investors, it was announced Monday. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:41:42 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/saga-raises-30m-in-drive-for-urals-oil.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1271 Oil Oil/Exploration By Province/Russia Financial Financial/Oil Company News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/matra-makes-inroads-with-russia-driller.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/imperial-russia-reserves-up-150-on-tomsk-oil.shtml BP’s Russian business TNK-BP has agreed to sell to Russian gas giant Gazprom its 62.89 percent stake in Rusia Petroleum, the company holding the license for the Kovytka gas field in East Siberia. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:35:31 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/gazprom-to-pay-up-to-900m-for-kovytka.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1264 By Province/Russia Financial/Oil Company News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/bp-business-ruled-in-violation-at-kovytka.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/bp-faces-down-possible-loss-of-kovytka.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/tnk-bp-faces-kovytka-license-loss-within-days.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/tnk-bp-optimism-peaks-over-18b-kovytka-field.shtml TNK-BP will invest $1 billion every year for five years as the joint venture takes the lever of production for 2008, it was understood Thursday. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:16:39 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/tnk-bp-declares-1b-a-year-exploration-drive.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1259 Gas Gas/Exploration By Province By Province/Russia News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Russia/tnk-bp-faces-kovytka-license-loss-within-days.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/tnk-bp-and-parent-company-see-smaller-gains.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/tnk-bp-set-to-shoot-off-coastal-caspian.shtml