FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas

27 April 2022

Kazakhstan: CPC pipeline resumes working after a month of inactivity

26 April 2022

Repairs took place a few days after Kazakh officials met with CPC management in Moscow.

OIES expert warns against gradual phase-out of Russian gas

26 April 2022

EU efforts to gradually reduce Russian gas imports over time will only bolster Moscow’s revenues by driving prices upwards, Mike Fulwood, a senior fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), warned in a paper.

UPDATE: Massive explosions at oil depot in Western Russia, but who is to blame?

26 April 2022

Massive explosions at an oil depot in Western Russia went viral online and were verified by open-source-intelligence accounts on 25 April.

COMMENT: Russia poised to exploit Mongolia on Soyuz–Vostok pipeline

24 April 2022

Moscow is working to secure Mongolia as a junior partner for a new strategically important natural gas pipeline to China.

Ukraine seeks to transfer gas supplies from Nord Stream 1 to its pipeline

24 April 2022

Ukraine seeks to transfer gas supplies from Nord Stream 1 to its pipeline

Asian buyers grapple with whether to keep buying Russian oil

23 April 2022

Asian buyers are faced with the dilemma of whether to continue buying Russian oil, which is currently selling at a discount as Western sanctions against Russia remain in place.

BALKAN BLOG: What living without Russian gas would mean for Moldova

22 April 2022

Gazprom cutting off gas supplies could trigger a chain of events leading to Moldova abandoning its neutrality.

Belarus receives new prices for Russian gas and "optimises" its oil refineries' production

22 April 2022

Belarus oil production is contracting rapidly, and with foreign currency earnings strangled by sanctions, Belarus and Russia are being forced to abandon trading gas in dollars.

Moscow's race against time to divert energy exports from Europe to Asia

21 April 2022

Europe’s unprecedented push to sever all energy ties with Russia has left Moscow scrambling to re-orientate its vast oil, gas and coal exports to Asian markets. But achieving such a monumental feat would likely take years and cost billions.