Total deal shows appetite for Russian oil, but limits foreign role
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A deal between French energy group Total and Russian gas firm Novatek shows that oil majors have an appetite for Russia's energy riches despite the Yukos affair, but also the limited role now possible for foreigners in this strategic sector, analysts say.
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US oil firm ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will be able to add 10 percent of Russian major LUKOIL&#39;s (LKOH.RTS: Quote, Profile, Research) total reserves to its books after it completes buying a 10 percent stake
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Russia expanded its growing European energy empire Friday, signing two more deals in a drive that is raising fears Moscow could use its vast oil and gas resources to meddle in the affairs of its neighbors.
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When the Russian government's 7.6 percent stake in Lukoil &#151; the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves &#151; is auctioned Wednesday in the nation's biggest privatization, industry watchers aren't expecting any surprises.
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The fate of Yuganskneftegas - the Russian oil firm sold to a little-known buyer on Sunday - is the subject of frantic speculation in Moscow.
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The Russian government is setting a starting price of &#36;1.9 billion for next month's auction of its 7.59 percent stake in the Lukoil oil company. If it gets that price, it would be the most expensive deal in the history of Russian privatization.
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US oil giant ConocoPhillips has announced a $US2.4billion ($3.3billion) strategic alliance with Russia&#39;s largest oil company, Lukoil, under which Conoco will buy a 7.6per cent stake in the Russian company and get a share of joint projects.
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ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it was seeking 20 percent of Russia&#39;s LUKOIL in a far-reaching alliance that opens the way for the oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.
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Russia&#39;s top oil company, Lukoil, hopes that a US oil company&#39;s acquisition of a 7.6 percent stake could boost its chances to retain a Saddam-era production-sharing
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A successful bid by ConocoPhillips of the US for 7.96 per cent in Lukoil this week belies a broader sense of disappointment at the size of Russia-bound foreign direct investment (FDI).
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MOSCOW : Russia moved to bolster its role in the strategic energy sector as gas giant Gazprom said it would acquire state oil firm Rosneft, handing the government control of the world&#39;s largest gas producer.
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ConocoPhillips will buy 7.6 percent of OAO Lukoil from Russia for $1.99 billion and may raise that stake, expanding its access to the world&#39;s largest oil- and gas- producing country as energy prices surge.
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In Putinâs Russia Gazprom is by no means a mere natural monopoly, nor a newly established ministry for oil and gas. Gazprom is an instrument of public administration just like the pro-Kremlin United Russia
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The Russian government today set an auction date of Dec. 19 for the country's No. 1 oil producer, with a starting price at about $8.6 billion.
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The chairman of beleaguered Russian oil giant said the owners of the company could seek to resolve their conflict with the Kremlin by selling their stakes.
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Russia is toying with China and Japan, both of which are courting its oil, in a pipeline drama that could see the downtrodden giant Yukos and its assets play the clinching role.
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In a deal paving the way for future joint ventures, U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips on Wednesday won an auction with a bid of nearly &#36;2 billion for the Russian government's 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil &#151; the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves.