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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Novatek and its partners Total and Chinese National Petroleum Company still lack $15 billion of the $27 billion needed to finance the Yamal LNG plant. naval power, the Chinese, for example, prefer pipeline natural gas supplies over seaborne LNG supplies. This could lead the Europeans and Chinese to search for other suppliers.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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Venezuela, an OPEC member, has even proposed an emergency summit meeting. At a conference in Moscow on October 14, President Putin said that Russia had reached if not passed the peak of its economic crisis and predicted economic growth in coming years. IMF WEO Data: Recessions as far as the Eyes can See. percent growth in Q1.

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