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Russia and Caspian upstream in brief

21 January 2020

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21 January 2020

Russia and Caspian upstream in brief

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The Russia and Caspian upstream in brief provides Wood Mackenzie's expert opinion and analysis of the key events impacting the upstream industry in the region. We draw upon our upstream database and data tools to help deepen our clients' understanding of the region. The report primarily focuses on exploration and appraisal drilling, project developments, production, licensing, fiscal and regulatory changes, geopolitics, and corporate and M&A activity.

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- BP targets giant Shafag Asiman gas-condensate prospect in Azerbaijan
- Georgia launches first Black Sea licensing round in over a decade
- TurkStream launched - a new route to Europe for Russian gas
- Equinor and Rosneft take FID on Russia’s North Komsomolskoye field
- NOVATEK and LUKOIL launch pilot production at gas fields in Russia’s Yamal-Nenets region
- Three Russian majors create a new JV for hard-to-recover oil
- Ukraine transit deal close but sanctions halt Nord Stream 2
- NOVATEK-Yurkharovneftegaz wins two licences in Yamal-Nenets
- Arctic LNG-2 to attract US$8 billion project financing
- Yamal LNG receives last Arc7 ice-class tanker
- Gazprom delivers on strategic objectives
- Gazprom launches gas deliveries via Power of Siberia
- Ceremony marks full completion of TANAP pipeline – the heart of Europe’s Southern Gas Corridor
- Kazakhstan seeks more compensation as Karachaganak PSC dispute drags on
- Russia looks to revise its OPEC+ production quota
- Russia’s ESPO reaches full capacity
- Uzbekistan’s latest reforms set the scene for future licensing rounds
- LUKOIL completes key well in the Caspian Sea
- The US Majors – Azerbaijan exit and Tengiz overruns bring Caspian under focus
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- Chevron confirms cost increases and delays at Tengizchevroil expansion – the largest global upstream project
- Nord Stream 2 receives Danish construction permit
- Epsilon Development and Uzbekneftegaz continue Uzbek exploration success
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- Gazprom advances talks for new Uzbek exploration acreage
- Russia’s Rosneft explores de-dollarisation
- Russian oil and LNG goes east along the Northern Sea Route
- Majors drop Kazakhstan’s Kalamkas More-Khazar offshore greenfield project
- RusGazDobycha chooses EPC contractor for Baltic сhemical complex
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- Kazakhstan proposes new US$1 billion gas plant for Kashagan megaproject
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- BP signs construction contracts for new ACE phase at Azerbaijan’s ACG megaproject
- Russian Ministry of Finance to support Baltic LNG
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- NOVATEK and Gazpromneft go east
- LNG agreements dominate Russia’s 5th Eastern Economic Forum
- Nord Stream 2 inches ahead
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- Russia did not comply with the OPEC+ cut in August
- Russia's Gazpromneft to build a gas pipeline from Novoportovskoye to Yamburg
- 24 billion boe of prospective resources are up for auction in Russia
- Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) increases Gazprom market trading quota
- New Arctic exploration opportunities
- Gazprom connects the Chayandinskoye field to Power of Siberia pipeline
- One year on – revisiting the landmark Caspian Sea agreement
- NOVATEK starts tender process for its new Obskiy LNG
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- Uzbekistan’s reform drive moves up a gear with NOC restructuring
- CPC oil pipeline approves US$600 million project to boost Kazakh capacity
- Gazprom on the hunt for gas in the Kara Sea
- Arcticgas progresses with Achimov development in Russia
- Georgia's 2018 licensing round falls flat despite awards
- 15 more years at Dunga – Total and partners secure Kazakh contract extension
- Gazprom signs five-year gas sales agreement with Turkmenistan
- Russia extends cut with the OPEC+ group
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- Mitsui and JOGMEC to get 10% in Russian Arctic LNG-2
- Equinor adds to resurgent IOC exploration pipeline in Azerbaijan
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- LUKOIL makes progress in the Caspian Sea
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- LUKOIL develops new offshore fields in the Baltic Sea
- Kashagan production restarts after successful maintenance downtime
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- BP exploration pact and petchem deal headline Uzbek energy conference
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- Rosneft could abandon the FEPCO project
- FID for final plateau extension project at Kazakhstan's Karachaganak megaproject
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- Contamination scare for Druzhba
- Turkmen NOC keeps up drilling pace at its deepest field
- Azerbaijan gets positive news on two key offshore gas wells
- Chinese players buy 20% in Arctic LNG-2
- Vysotsk LNG inaugurated by President Putin
- Kashagan production shutdown – what to watch at Kazakh megaproject
- Gazpromneft starts oil developments at Yamburgskoye, Pestsovoye and Yen-Yakhinskoye
- Igor Sechin outlines his plan for the Arctic with President Putin
- BP takes FID on new platform at Azerbaijan's ACG oil field
- Total to invest in NOVATEK's LNG terminals
- Gazprom makes its first Turkmen gas purchases in three years
- NOVATEK signs first agreements on supply from Arctic LNG-2
- Tajikistan's pre-salt: what happened to Central Asia's exploration wildcard?
- Kamchatka LNG transhipment terminal construction to start in 2020
- Gazprom launches development of Kharasaveiskoye
- Kazakhstan's president resigns: what does it mean for the upstream sector?
- Equinor gets a rig for Karabakh appraisal in Azerbaijan
- NOVATEK commissions Vysotsk LNG
- Eni signs initial agreements for new Kazakh offshore exploration block
- LUKOIL faces domestic gas sales in Uzbekistan
- Russian operators to reach OPEC+ cut level by early April
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- LUKOIL 2018 results released, D41 and South Messoyakhskoye fields to be brought onstream in 2019
- EU reaches provisional agreement on regulations affecting Nord Stream 2
- Siemens to produce Arctic LNG-2 compressors in Russia
- Turkmen oil exports switch route after Vitol triumph
- SIBUR to take FID on Amur gas chemical complex (GCC) before year-end
- BP Azerbaijan confirms strong 2018 performance at its megaprojects
- Gazprom signs an agreement with Almaz-Antey for the supply of subsea equipment
- LPG sales under evaluation at Kazakhstan's Kashagan megaproject
- The RDIF could acquire 30% in Eurasia Drilling Company (EDC)
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- Azerbaijan to use Kazakhstan's stacked Satti jack-up rig
- Salym Petroleum Development expands in Khanty-Mansi region
- Siemens to provide compressor units for Arctic LNG-2
- TurkStream volumes to flow into Serbia
- NOVATEK ready to swap assets with Gazpromneft
- Kazakh oil and condensate production impresses in 2018
- Georgia launches onshore licensing round
- Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) completes EUR 3.9 billion project financing
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- Uzbekistan GTL secures critical US$2.3 billion financing
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- Commercial oil production launched at Yaro-Yakhinskoye
- Lundin Petroleum exits Russia's upstream
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- OPEC and Russia ink new production cut deal
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- Gazpromneft wins the licence for the South Obski block
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- Total acquires extra 0.5% share in NOVATEK
- Resource upgrade at Neptune
- NOVATEK increases reserves at Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye)
- ONGC Videsh to exit offshore Kazakh exploration project
- BP buys into Azerbaijan's onshore, with exploration in mind
- FID for debottlenecking at Kazakhstan's Karachaganak megaproject
- Rosneft withdraws from Pechora LNG
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