Oil and gas comprise the main sector of the Russian economy that continues to play a key role in shaping the state budget revenues and the balance of trade. In 2013, against the background of continuing high global prices for oil and gas, petroleum production in Russia reached its highest level...

Russian Abstract: Нефтяной сектор относится к числу базовых в экономике России и играет ведущую роль в формировании государственных доходов и торгового баланса страны....

Russian oil sector has achieved maximum levels of production on and exports. Oil extraction is at the highest point since 1990 and oil exports are at the all-time maximum. Meanwhile, prospects for the development of the oil sector are determined by deterioration of the oil extraction conditions...

Oil and gas production remain the core sector of Russia economy, which has a leading role in generating federal budget revenue and this country's balance of trade. The factors that exerted the most significant influence on the development of the oil and gas sector of the Russian economy in 2012...

The development of the Russian oil industry requires new greenfield projects involving high development costs. In this context, the idea of introducing a tax on extra revenue (TER) for the oil industry has been debated extensively. The tax is supposed to ensure the minerals resource rent is...

In 2014, Russia's crude oil output hit its record high since 1990. At the same time, the growth rates of oil production and oil exports are displaying an obvious slowdown. Besides, some additional negative factors have emerged that impose still more constraints of the oil sector's further...

Amid low crude oil prices resulting from the excessive supply over demand, oil production at high-cost deposits began falling, drastically decreased investments in the development of non-traditional deposits including shale oil in US. However, falling oil production at the high-cost deposits is...

Despite the adherence to the commitments according to the OPEC+ deal on the joint efforts to cut production, during Russia's three-year participation in the deal as a whole the annual crude oil production in the country increased by 2.4% on the back of stabilized world crude oil prices. Collapse...

Russian Abstract: Три предыдущих кризиса в России были разными, начавшийся кризис также имеет свои отраслевые и пространственные особенности. Риски занятости...

The oil output cut agreement between some OPEC and non-OPEC countries, including Russia, pushed global crude oil prices to USD 50–55 a barrel in the first few months of 2017. The oil output boost in the United States and in some other countries has become an increasingly greater challenge...