Russia, fed up with the West’s intentional destabilization of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions is moving fast to aggressively diversify it’s oil and natural gas business by going after China and India. Just as predicted earlier on this blog. This does not bode well for the EU, who might soon find itself competing for Russia’s natural resources with close to 3 Billiion people in Asia.
Rosneft, one of the world top oil producers is looking to join forces with India’s Natural Gas Corp to supply India over the next few decades. At least. That is on top of partnerships and new deals Russia has with China. With geopolitical picture the way it is today, the future battle lines are being drawn today. With the USA/NATO on one side and China/Russia on the other. Just as this report indicated.
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Reuters Reports: Russia’s Rosneft, India’s ONGC may join forces on oil flows
(Reuters) – Rosneft (ROSN.MM), the world’s top listed oil producer by output, may join forces with Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC.NS) to supply oil to India over the long term, the Russian state-controlled company said on Tuesday.
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, travelled to India on Sunday, part of a wider Asian trip to shore up ties with eastern allies at a time when Moscow is being shunned by the West over its annexation of Crimea.
With EU nations threatening to cut their reliance on Russian oil and gas, Russian officials have started to look East.
Rosneft said it had also agreed with ONGC they may join forces in Rosneft’s yet-to-be built liquefied natural gas plant in the far east of Russia to the benefit of Indian consumers.
Rosneft did not provide any additional details on its planned cooperation with ONGC.
The company said Sechin and the head of Indian conglomerateReliance Industries (RELI.NS) also met and discussed potential cooperation in developing Russia’s offshore resources, viewed by Moscow as a source of future oil production growth.
India was the last country in Sechin’s Asian trip, where he also visited Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
Russia is the world’s top oil producer, pumping over 10 million barrels per day but mostly from west Siberian deposits, which are running out. Moscow is betting on offshore and unconventional oil to maintain the level.
At the same time, Russia is trying to diversify its energy flows away from its core European markets, with Rosneft leading the race with plans to triple oil flows to China to over 1 million barrels per day in coming years.
Rosneft said Sechin also discussed potential shipments of Russia’s East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil blend to India’s biggest refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC.NS) but did not provide details.