Russian oil – challenges and possibilities

Journal article

After Russian oil production had fallen to a low of 303 million tonnes per year in 1996–8, production picked up rapidly – some years showing an increase exceeding 10 per cent – until 2004 when it reached 459 million tonnes. Among observers of the sector there had been a debate about Russia’s ability to sustain the output level, sceptics arguing that the impressive growth was caused mainly by forced exploitation of existing fields with the use of new technologies, with Yukos in the forefront, ...

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Authors: Moe, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Journal: Oxford Energy Forum
• Volume: 97
• Issue: August 2014
• Pages: 17-19
• ISSN: 0959-7727
• Keywords: OIES