Fuel and energy

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of PJSC TATNEFT, chaired by R.N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, was held in Kazan on August 24, 2017.

OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has visited Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner – Abuja House.

Indonesia and Vietnam have agreed to increase co-operation to promote investment in new coal projects

Sammons Renewable Energy (SRE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sammons Infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of a 194MW portfolio of solar power plants from Heelstone Energy

Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Monday it had successfully closed a deal to buy a 49 percent stake in Indian private refiner Essar Oil Limited (EOL)

A programme of Gazprom Neft short-term exchange-traded bonds (series 002P, total volume RUB50 billion, assigned number 4-00146-A-002Z-02E) has been registered on the Moscow Exchange.

Gazpromneft Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has increased sales of G-Energy products by 26 percent in H1 2017, to 24,000 tonnes. Sales of various premium lubricants, moreover, are up 16 percent on H1 2016, to 140,000 tonnes.

UK-Australian mining firm BHP Billiton expects growth in the seaborne coking coal market to outstrip pig iron production, as Chinese steel mills relocate to coastal areas and emerging markets such as India continue to grow

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. today announced that its Australian platform company, Australian Future Energy Pty Ltd (AFE), has successfully closed the acquisition of the 270MM metric ton (MT) JORC compliant thermal coal resource, near Pentland, Queensland

The controlling shareholders of Essar Oil Limited (EOL)—Essar Energy Holdings Limited and Oil Bidco (Mauritius) Limited, both companies incorporated and managed under the laws of Mauritius—are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the sale of 98.26% of EOL