We are very excited to announce that 2019 marks the USRCC's 10th anniversary!
The 10th Anniversary will be a year-long celebration commemorating the USRCC's 10 years of existence. Join us in celebration at our events and support us in continuing our mission!
The 2019 events will feature high caliber speakers, bring together the most influential key business leaders, experts and decision makers, and will provide our members and stakeholders with the perfect educational and networking opportunities. The list of 2019 event is available
here.
We are looking forward to another successful year!
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The 10th Annual Welcome Reception Honoring Delegations from
Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2019)
Join the USRCC to celebrate our
10th Annual OTC Reception -
o
ne of our largest annual events that is attended by oil and gas industry leaders and government officials from around the world.
The Offshore Technology Conference
i
s the largest oil and gas sector trade show in the world. This conference provides energy professionals the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019,
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hotel ZAZA,
Fountain Room
5701 Main Street,
Houston, TX 77005
USRCC Members -
$50
/
Non-Members -
$100
*Please note: Refunds will not be issued
after May 5, 2019
For sponsorship opportunities please contact:
The U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce
2900 Wilcrest Drive, Suite 133, Houston, TX 77042
Phone: 713.429.4680
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The USRCC invites Young Professionals
to join us
at the
3rd Annual Senior Executive Knowledge Sharing Series
H. Daniel Hogan
General Manager
LUKOIL International Upstream West
Join the USRCC for the engaging discussion and learn how to improve your skills, knowledge and attitude to reach your personal and professional goals a
nd advance your career
Mr. Hogan has more than thirty-six years of Operations and Executive experience. His career started in Kingsville, Texas where he spent sixteen years with Exxon Company International in various supervisory roles.
He then worked two years with ENI/Agip Petroleum as Operations Manager and VP of Well Operations, nine years with Devon Energy Corporation as the International Operations Manager and VP of International Well Engineering, and one year with HRT America as Vice President of Drilling.
As one of the founding Executives of PanAtlantic Exploration Company, Mr. Hogan originally served as Sr. Vice President - Operations with responsibility for global drilling, completion and production activity, HS&E, contracts / procurement and operations geology. In March 2016, Mr. Hogan was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in addition to assuming the responsibilities of President and Chief Executive Officer.
In April 2017, Mr. Hogan became General Manager and CEO of Lukoil International Upstream West in Houston, Texas. He has worked on six of seven continents in countries including Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, Ghana, Malaysia, Thailand and Trinidad.
Where: University of Houston-Downtown
Marilyn Davies College of Business
Room B-119, 1st Floor
320 N. Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
USRCC Members - free | Non-Members -
$20
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USRCC Trade Mission June 2019
Trade Mission to Moscow and St. Petersburg Economic Forum
June 2-8, 2019
The U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce (USRCC) invites you to participate in a Trade mission to the
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Participants will have an opportunity to meet Russian government officials and some of the most influential leaders in U.S.-Russia trade and investment relations. The USRCC will coordinate private meetings, an exclusive CEO Roundtable and introductions, in addition to attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPEIF).
Participating companies will gain market insights, make industry contacts, solidify business strategies, find business partners, and advance specific projects with the goal of increasing U.S. trade and investment to Russia.
For more details about the Trade Mission please click here or
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USRCC Partner Event: Speed Mentoring
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USRCC Partner Event:
21st Annual Jesse H. Jones Award Luncheon
The
World Affairs Council is proud to honor Chevron's Jeff Shellebarger as its 2019 International Citizen of the Year
at the Annual Jesse Jones Award
. The Council is equally honored to host
international leaders such as
Ambassador Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
, who will deliver the keynote address
and
Ambassador Chase Untermeyer,
as the moderator
.
Mayor Sylvester Turner
will be in attendance representing the City of Houston.
To RSVP or purchase a table for you or your organization , or to get additional information,
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Are you taking advantage of your
USRCC Member Benefits?
Renew your membership or join for the first time today!
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Exxon Mobil leads oil and gas discoveries in 2019
Chron.com, April 9, 2019: A trio of offshore discoveries made by Exxon Mobil has set up 2019 to be the biggest year for new finds since the last oil price collapse in 2014. With discoveries made offshore of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean and off of Guyana in South America, Exxon Mobil alone accounts for nearly 40 percent of the new oil and gas gains found in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report from the Norwegian research firm Rystad Energy.
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Turkish Airlines launches flights to Sharjah, UAE
Aa.com.tr, April 11, 2019: Turkey's national flag carrier started flights to Sharjah, among top tourism centers of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkish Airlines announced on Thursday. "As Turkish Airlines' third flight destination in the UAE after Abu Dhabi and Dubai, flights to Sharjah will be conducted on the Istanbul-Sharjah-Istanbul route," the airline said in a statement. The company noted that "modern but old, crowded but peaceful" Sharjah -- selected as the Cultural Capital of Arab World in 1998 -- attracts the visitors with its rich history, culture and economy.
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Russia expands LNG operations in Arctic
Worldoil.com, April 8, 2019: Almost 1,500 mi from Moscow, the tiny port of Sabetta nestles in a desolate Russian Arctic peninsula. A former outpost for Soviet geologists, it's now the site of Russia's most ambitious liquefied natural gas project, operated by a company that only entered the market just over a year ago. Several times a week, a giant tanker leaves this remote place carrying the super-chilled fuel to buyers in Europe and Asia. It's not the only LNG plant beyond the Arctic Circle, but it's by far the largest. Novatek PJSC, the main shareholder of the Yamal LNG plant, says plans for further projects will transform Russia into one of the biggest exporters of the fuel within a decade.
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Omani-Russian Trade Increased By 61% In 2018 - Omani State Council Head
Urdupoint.com, April 10, 2019: Trade between
Oman and
Russia increased by 61 percent in
2018 compared to the previous year, Yahya bin Mahfoodh Al-Manthri, the president of
Oman's state council, said on Wednesday. "In
2018, trade between the two countries increased by 61 percent compared to the
same period in
2017. Also, there has been an increase in the amount of times top-level officials
from both nations have visited the other country for the purpose of finding new opportunities and projects in the fields of investment, energy, natural resources and
agriculture," Al-Manthri, who is in
Russia on a working
visit, said.
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Turkey aims to boost trade with Russia to $100 billion
Rt.com, April 9, 2019: Turkish President Recep Erdogan has set an ambitious goal for bilateral trade with Russia, saying he wants to boost it to $100 billion, nearly four times more than the current trade volume between the two countries. Last year's $26 billion in trade turnover does not reflect the cooperation potential between Russia and Turkey, Erdogan said during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday. Ankara is making "every effort" to ease trade ties with Moscow and is therefore going to provide exemptions for Russian entrepreneurs, said the Turkish president.
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Zimbabwe, Russia Sign $4 Billion Platinum Mine Deal
Investing.com, April 10, 2019: Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Russia to build a new platinum mine in the southern African country, finalizing a deal that's stalled since 2014. A deal to develop a new platinum-group metals mine on a prospect held by Great Dyke Investment, a company jointly owned by a Russian state-controlled company and Zimbabwe's government has been sealed, Polite Kambamura, the nation's deputy mines minister said.
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Expert: Russian-Chinese scientific studies to favor Northern Sea Route development
Tass.com, April 11. 2019: Organization of the Chinese-Russian Arctic Studies Center will favor development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), Russia's First Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Grigory Trubnikov told TASS on sidelines of the Arctic forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. On April 10, at the international Arctic forum, the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Ocean Studies and China's National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology in Qingdao (QNLM) agreed to organize the Russian-Chinese Arctic Studies Center for joint research in the Arctic.
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Al Khater meets Chairman of Qatari-Russian Business Council
Thepeninsulaqatar.com, April 11, 2019: Sultan bin Rashid Al Khater, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has met with Ahmed Blancoev, Chairman of the Qatari-Russian Business Council, on the sidelines of the 12th session of the Russian-Arab Business Council, and the 4th international exhibition" ARABIA-EXPO", in Moscow, Russia. The meeting was attended by Fahd bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, Qatar's Ambassador to Moscow and Mohammed Ahmed Al Obaidli, representative of the Qatar Chamber.
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Major Russian Gas Producer Novatek Mulls Building 3rd LNG Plant - CEO
Sputniknews.com, April 10, 2019: Novatek may launch the first train at its third LNG plant a year after the full launch of Arctic LNG 2 project, company's CEO Leonid Mikhelson said Tuesday. "First of all, the Arctic LNG 2 will be fully launched. And I think that as early as a year after we will launch the next one [LNG plant]", Mikhelson said on the sidelines of the 5th International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg. According to Mikhelson, the exact dates will depend on the construction schedule of the platforms on the Novatek-Murmansk project. Approximately, it will take 1.5 years to build one platform, and as soon as one of the dry docks is released, the next construction begins on it.
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Turkey, Russia create 900 million euro investment fund
Hurriyetdailynews.com, April 9, 2019: The Russian Direct
Investment
Fund (RDIF),
Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and
Turkey
Wealth
Fund (TWF) announced the creation and launch of the
Russia-
Turkey
Investment
Fund during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Moscow on April 8. "At the initial stage the investments in the funds' projects will amount to 200 million euros. The total size of the
Russia
Turkey
Investment
Fund is 900 million euros," the RDIF said in a statement, adding that the corresponding agreement was signed in the presence of Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Uzbekistan to open trading house in Russia
Azernews.az, April 11, 2019: The Uzbek-Russian projects in the trade and economic sphere and the strengthening of cooperation between the regions of the two countries give reason to believe about a breakthrough, an unprecedented rise of relations between Uzbekistan and Russia. The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia together with the Namangan-based company Dilrabo SDA is working on the issue of opening a trading house in the Samara region. The Trade House is expected to launch its activities in 2020.
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Power Experts from Armenia, Russia, Iran and Georgia to Consider Electricity Corridor
Mirrorspectator.com, April 11, 2019: Power engineering experts from Armenia, Russia, Iran and Georgia are scheduled to convene in Tehran to discuss the creation of the North-South electricity corridor, Rima Yeganyan, a spokeswoman for Armenia's Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, told ARKA news agency on April 9. She said the gathering in Tehran is scheduled for April 15-17. It will bring together experts who will look into the technical aspects of the construction of the North-South electric corridor.
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Azerbaijan to supply building materials to Russia, Brazil
Azernews.az, April 11, 2019: A number of Azerbaijani companies have agreed to export their products in the framework of the exhibition MosBuild 2019. Azerbaijani products have been demonstrated at the international construction exhibition MosBuild 2019 held in Russian capital Moscow on April 2-5, with the support of the Ministry of Economy, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO). The country was represented by 10 companies engaged in production of construction and building materials at "Made in Azerbaijan" single stand.
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US-Russia Related News in Russian
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Доходы России от экспорта СПГ за два месяца выросли вдвое
Eadaily.com, 8 апреля, 2019: Доходы России от экспорта сжиженного природного газа (СПГ) за январь-февраль увеличились более чем вдвое по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года, достигнув $ 1,44 млрд. Экспорт СПГ за первые два месяца 2019 года возрос на 81% - до 9,1 млн кубометров, сообщается в материалах Федеральной таможенной службы (ФТС). При этом доходы от экспорта природного газа выросли на 14,9% - до $ 9,17 млрд, а экспорт природного газа сократился на 2,7% - до 38,5 млрд кубометров.
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ОПЕК ожидает роста добычи нефти в России в 2019 году на 1,7%
Rns.online, 10 апреля, 2019: ОПЕК прогнозирует увеличение добычи нефти в России в 2019 году до 11,54 млн баррелей в сутки, следует из ежемесячного доклада организации. В предыдущем докладе картель прогнозировал добычу нефти в России в 2019 году на уровне 11,49 млн баррелей в сутки. Таким образом, прогноз скорректирован на 50 тыс. баррелей в сторону повышения. Согласно докладу ОПЕК, добыча нефти в России в 2018 году составила 11,35 млн баррелей в сутки. Таким образом, добыча нефти в стране в 2019 году может возрасти на 190 тыс. баррелей в сутки, или на 1,7%.
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Газопровод «Северный поток - 2» построили на 40%
Russian.rt.com, 9 апреля, 2019: Газопровод «Северный поток - 2» построен на 40%, по дну Балтийского моря уложено 978 км труб. Об этом заявили в пресс-службе «Газпрома». Как
передаёт РИА Новости, в Санкт-Петербурге в рамках форума «Арктика - территория диалога» состоялась встреча председателя правления «Газпрома» Алексея Миллера и посла Франции в России Сильви Берманн. «Отдельное внимание на встрече было уделено ходу реализации проекта «Северный поток - 2». Отмечено, что к настоящему времени по дну Балтийского моря уложено 978 км труб - 40% от общей протяжённости газопровода», - говорится в сообщении.
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Татарстан войдет в список самых успешных регионов России с экономической точки зрения
Rt-online.ru, 12 апреля, 2019: Татарстан войдет в список самых успешных регионов России с экономической точки зрения в 2019-2020 годах. Исследование провело известное рейтинговое агентство.Также в списке лидеров Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ и Башкирия. Отмечается, что реальные доходы в большинстве регионов снизились, но в добывающих регионах инвестиции остались высокими. Это будет способствовать росту экономики. Разница в экономическом благосостоянии влечет миграцию населения из одних регионов в другие. Так, области с несырьевой экономикой теряют около 1% населения в год за счет миграции.
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The USRCC is looking for new team members!
Volunteers
play a key role and the contributions they make impact the day-to-day functions of the chamber and shape the future of the relationship between Russia and the U.S.
There are many ways you can get involved with the USRCC. Whether you are an experienced leader or a student, there is a place for you.
By
volunteering
you can be at the very centre of our high-profile events held in
Houston, Chicago and
New York City and interact with influential leaders in the U.S.-Russia trade and investment.
To learn more about the position
click here or contact us directly at
info@usrussiacc.org
call 713.429.4680
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