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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MOSCOW: Foreign investors may take part in the sale of assets in Russian oil major Yukosâ main production unit, which could be offered at a 60% price discount to settle back taxes, Russian television reported on Monday.
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By Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow, James Boxell in London and Doug,Cameron in Houston. Gazprom, Russia&#39;s state-backed gas monopoly, could team up with one of the major international oil groups in a bid for the
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Russian and French gas companies Gazprom   and Gaz de France  will sign several major  deals on Tuesday, guaranteeing the Russian firm access to more  end users in Europe, industry sources said on Monday.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 25 -- Russian and Serbian officials signed a multibillion-dollar energy deal Friday that would make Serbia a key hub for Russian energy supplies and strengthen Moscow's dominance of the European energy market.
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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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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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Russia&#39;s state-owned Gazprom may complete takeovers next month that will give it almost one-fifth of the nation&#39;s oil output, worth more than $20 billion this year.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's natural resources minister said Monday foreign companies would be welcome to help develop offshore oil fields, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat expressed concern about the minister's earlier statement that foreign access to oil and gas deposits would be limited.
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ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it was seeking 20 percent in Russia&#39;s LUKOIL in a far-reaching alliance opening the way for the two oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.
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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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The Russian natural gas company Gazprom on Tuesday said it would buy one of the country&#39;s top oil companies, a move that would create a state-owned energy juggernaut.
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Bulgaria signed the deal for the $15 billion South Stream pipeline with Russia, undermining the European Unionâs attempts to diversify its energy sources.
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U.S. nuclear power reactors will be  able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for  fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on  Friday.
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A plan to give Europe access to a substantial amount of natural gas from a huge new field originally earmarked for the US market is a direct consequence of US policy toward Russia on WTO membership and sanctions on Russian defense exports, newspapers have said.
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The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom chose French oil major Total on Thursday to help develop its giant Shtokman gas field, in an apparent breakthrough for troubled Russian-EU energy relations.
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ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it was  seeking 20 percent of Russia's LUKOIL in a far-reaching  alliance which opens the way for the oil majors to tap vast  reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.