Oil and gas production in Russia this year will be lower than last year. One of the main reasons for this trend was international sanctions on the energy sector of the Russian economy. opens The words of Nikolai Shulginov TASS, head of the Ministry of Energy (Minenergo).
“For 2023, we expect the level to be slightly lower in terms of production for oil due to a voluntary reduction in production towards stability. “The gas production level this year may be lower due to the rejection of our gas by European consumers,” Shulginov said.
He also added that the decline in gas production in the country this year will be due to the inability to quickly divert declining fuel volumes from the European energy market to other parts of the world. This is due to the lack of suitable equipment and infrastructure in Russia. In addition, a decrease was recorded in coal production at the beginning of 2023.
“Immediate rerouting of gas flows is impossible – for this you need to create a new infrastructure. We started to decline for coal at the beginning of the year, but hopefully we will stabilize the situation,” he said.
March 28 Head of the Ministry of Energy Nikolai Shulginov declarationAfter the imposition of sanctions, Russia was able to divert its oil and oil products supply from Western energy markets to other parts of the world. One of the alternative fuel importers should be Asian, African, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries.