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Russian oil output slides 3.5% in 5M
Russia's oil output, including gas condensate, declined by 3.5% year on year in the first five months of this year to 211mn tonnes (10.2mn barrels per day).
EU approves eighteenth sanctions package after Slovakia drops veto
The EU has approved the eighteenth sanctions package after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed to drop his veto, saying that he had run out of negotiating options on July 18.
CPC Blend oil exports to hold steady in August at 1.66mn bpd
CPC Blend oil shipments from the Black Sea oil export terminal in Russia are scheduled to remain stable at 1.66mn barrels per day (bpd), or approximately 6.5mn tonnes, in August, Reuters reported on July 17, citing industry sources.
Azerbaijan’s crude oil exports rise 8.5% y/y in volume, drop 8.6% in value in H1 2025
Azerbaijan’s crude oil exports rise 8.5% y/y in volume, drop 8.6% in value in H1 2025
COMMENT: Slovakia’ Prime Minister pushes back on EU gas phase-out, demands a delay to the sanctions as EU cracks widen
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is becoming a major embarrassment for the EU plans to phase out all Russian gas imports by 2028.
COMMENT: Trump’s 100% tariff threat to Russian oil customers unlikely to work
Donald Trump’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on countries buying Russian oil is probably more symbolic than practical, says a leading oil analyst and senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Sergey Vakulenko.
Russian Atomenergoprom places US dollar bonds
SOCAR-KBR signs new engineering contracts with BP for Sangachal electrification and Shah Deniz compression projects
KazMunayGas and CNPC to build $1.25bn urea plant in Kazakhstan
KazMunayGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) are jointly implementing a project to construct Kazakhstan’s first domestic gas chemical complex for urea fertiliser production, Interfax reported on July 15.
Kazakhstan’s oil output rises 11.6% in first half
Kazakhstan increased its oil production by 11.6% y/y in the first half of 2025, reaching 49.9mn tonnes, Reuters reported on July 15, citing senior officials.
Armenia faces fuel crunch as LPG prices soar by over 40% amid import problems
Prices of liquefied petroleum gas in Armenia have surged by more than 40% in recent days, as hundreds of trucks carrying the fuel have been held up at Georgian border checkpoints for unexplained reasons.
Russian Tatneft launches new TANECO unit
Russian regional oil major Tatneft of the Tatarstan Republic launched a new hydrocracking unit at its TANECO refinery with a design capacity of 1.2mn tonnes of vacuum gas oil annually.
COMMENT: What will Trump’s Russian 100% secondary sanctions do to the oil markets?
US President Donald Trump announced on July 14 that the US could impose 100% secondary sanctions on any country that does business with Russia if no ceasefire deal in Ukraine is reached within 50 days.
Caspian Pipeline Consortium increases oil export by 8% in June
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) raised its oil export by 8% in June compared to May, reaching 6.177mn tonnes, or approximately 1.63mn barrels per day, Reuters reported on July 14, citing two industry sources.
Azerbaijan produced 25.2bcm of natural gas in H1 2025
Azerbaijan produced 25.2bcm of natural gas in H1 2025
Azerbaijan produced 13.7mn tonnes of oil in H1 2024
The Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) block accounted for 8mn tonnes, Shah Deniz for 1.9mn tonnes (condensate), and Absheron for 0.3mn tonnes (condensate). SOCAR’s output stood at 3.5mn tonnes, including condensate.
KazMunayGaz and Hungary’s MOL agree oil volumes, but pricing talks delay shipments
Kazakhstan’s state oil company KazMunayGaz and Hungary’s MOL Group have agreed on the volume of Kazakh crude oil to be delivered to Budapest via pipeline, though pricing negotiations are still ongoing, Upstream reported on July 14.
SOCAR to supply Syria with gas
SOCAR has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply natural gas to Syria
Iran responds to Azerbaijan energy projects with Caspian Sea drilling
Iran has launched exploratory drilling operations in the Caspian Sea after years of neglecting the region due to sanctions constraints and cheaper extraction costs from southern oil fields.
Kazakhstan unveils first domestically produced petroleum tank wagon
Kazakhstan has presented its first domestically produced tank wagon for transporting petroleum products, ROLLINGSTOCK reported on July 11.
Russian oil major Tatneft takes control of plastic packaging Petrus
Russian regional oil major Tatneft of the Tatarstan Republic took control of a Russian plastic packaging producer Petrus under a special presidential decree.
EC proposes floating Russian oil cap rate at 15% below global price
The European Commission has proposed a floating price cap on Russian crude oil set at 15% below the average global market price over the previous three months, European Union diplomats said on July 11.
Gazprom, CNPC hold further talks on Russian gas export prospects
Neither side publicly indicated any progress had been made on reaching a contract for gas supplies via Moscow’s planned Power of Siberia 2 pipeline to China.
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