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Is Oil-And-Gas Friendship Possible Between Russia and Saudi Arabia?

... countries and with the existing strategic contradictions between Saudi Arabia and Russia, Moscow will find working with the two Middle Eastern countries at once to be an extremely difficult balancing act. The oil-and-gas cooperation plans recently announced by Russia and Saudi Arabia may sound like part of a rapprochement trend. Yet one should not expect too much from this rhetoric. It is possible ... ... assume that the recent intensification of Russian-Saudi energy dialogue is nothing more than a forced temporary friendship. 1 . OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report – November 2016 , pp 44, 57.

14.11.2016

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Russian and GCC Perspectives: OPEC, Russia, and falling oil prices

... major oil exporters, among the Russia and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE). There have been significant calls for cooperation between the GCC states, other OPEC members, and Russia, with the goal of stabilizing oil prices. Whether or not a substantive agreement emerges remains to be ... ... an excuse after any non-compliance with a coordinated output cut is detected. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail Maxim Suchkov: The Middle East between the U.S. and Russia: Potential Traps for Moscow Even if Russia decided to keep its word, and its oil companies ...

26.04.2016

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