It’s Time To Float The Ruble
St.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia -Jul 7, 2008
By Dieter Wermuth It is often argued that Russia should quote its oil price in rubles because it would reduce oil companies’ volatility of revenues and thus

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Repsol Holds Talks With Rosneft to Buy Sakhalin Stake (Update3)
Bloomberg -45 minutes ago
Royal Dutch Shell Plc was forced to sell control of its $22 billion Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project to OAO Gazprom after regulators threatened to halt the
Repsol says eyes 24 pct of Sakhalin-III oilfieldReuters
UPDATE 1-Repsol in talks with Rosneft over SakhalinReuters
Repsol in talks with Rosneft over Sakhalin-reportReuters
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July 8 (Bloomberg) — Repsol YPF SA , Spain’s largest oil company, is holding talks with OAO Rosneft on buying a stake in an exploration block on Sakhalin Island, in Russia’s Far East, as it cuts reliance on South America for supplies.

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The Oil Crisis and Gold
The Market Oracle, UK -1 hour ago
“Last year, BP and its partners were under intense pressure to sell a large Siberian natural gas field to the Russian state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom

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MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - Spain’s Repsol YPF is holding talks with Russia’s Rosneft on the purchase of a roughly 24% stake in Russia’s Sakhalin-3 oil and gas project, which is controlled by Rosneft (74.9%) and China’s Sinopec (25.1%), Repsol said in a notification letter to Spanish stock exchange regulators.

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Digest of headline news as of 4.00 p.m. Moscow time on July 8, 2008: BUSINESS & FINANCE *** QUOTA FOR TNK-BP EMPLOYEES COULD BE INCREASED AFTER DISPUTE RESOLVED The quota for the number of foreign employees working at Russian- British joint venture TNK-BP, which currently stands at 71 people, could be increased after the company’s shareholders resolve their disputes, Moscow Deputy Mayor Valery …

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July 8 (Bloomberg) — Repsol YPF SA , Spain’s largest oil company, is holding talks with OAO Rosneft to buy 24 percent of the Veninsky block on Russia’s Sakhalin Island as it cuts reliance on South America for supplies.

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July 8 (Bloomberg) — Repsol YPF SA , Spain’s largest oil company, is negotiating to buy a stake in a Russian field as it tries to cut reliance on South America for supplies.

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Repsol Holds Talks With Rosneft to Buy Sakhalin Stake (Update1)
Bloomberg -41 minutes ago
Royal Dutch Shell Plc was forced to sell control of its $22 billion Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East to OAO Gazprom after regulators
UPDATE 1-Repsol in talks with Rosneft over SakhalinReuters
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UPDATE 1-Gazprom sends Ukraine new warning over gas price
Reuters -51 minutes ago
MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday its gas import bill for gas

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