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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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While oil and natural gas are crucial to Russia, Russia’s crude and natural gas are crucial to its neighbors on the Eurasian landmass. Russia supplied about 30 percent (146.6 Russia’s oil and natural gas are also important to its Asian and Central Asian neighbors. mmbbl/day) in 2013. Death by Energy.

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What Does The Next OPEC Meeting Have In Store?

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The 2 June 2016 OPEC meeting will be held amid a backdrop of oil prices near $50 per barrel, a sharp drop in Nigerian production due to sabotage, turmoil in Venezuela, Saudi Arabia operating with a new oil minister, and Iran aggressively pumping close to pre-sanction levels. million barrels per day (bpd).