Chron.com, June 27, 2019: Exxon Mobil said Thursday it's investing in a new carbon-capture technology firm that aims to economically suck emissions out of the sky near power plants and other large industrial sources.  Exxon said it has a new joint development agreement to advance the technology with New York-based Global Thermostat, which already has a pilot plant in Alabama that uses giant fans to suck the carbon dioxide out of the sky.  Read more...

Neweurope.eu, June 25, 2019: Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said the company is developing the northern gas transmission corridor in Russian territory, which will feed gas into Nord Stream-2 pipeline.  Nord Stream-2 is the construction project for a gas pipeline with the annual capacity of 55 billion cubic metres from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea. Among other things, compressor shops are under construction at the Bovanenkovo - Ukhta 2 and Ukhta - Torzhok 2 gas pipelines. As part of the project for creating gas transmission capacities between Gryazovets and the Slavyanskaya compressor station (CS) in northwestern Russia, 858 kilometres of pipes have been welded within the 876-kilometre linear part, which is planned to go into operation this year, Gazprom said, adding that works at the Slavyanskaya CS are in their final stage.  Read more...

Naturalgasintel.com, June 26, 2019: Russia's largest independent gas producer Novatek said Wednesday its final partner in the massive Arctic LNG 2 project will likely be an Asia-Pacific customer, with a deal possibly completed in days. "It will be most likely (from) Asia," Novatek CFO Mark Gyetvay said on the sidelines of the 11th Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore. "The Asia Pacific market or customers in (the) Asia Pacific market have been interested in our project." He said an agreement with a fourth and final partner is expected to be signed by the end of the month, with each project holder taking liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply as a share of equity.  Read more...

Telegraph.co.uk, June 27, 2019: With the aim of deepening trilateral co-operation in the tourism sector, the Fourth Tourism Ministerial Conference of  China, Russia and Mongolia was held on 23 June in Ulaanqab, a city in the  Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Attending the event were Luo Shugang, China's minister of culture and tourism; Alexey Konyushkov, deputy head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation; and Ts. Tsengel, state secretary at the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia. They were joined by hundreds of representatives from the tourism, culture, academic and media sectors from the three countries.  Read more...

Independent.co.ug, June 26, 2019: Mosco- As part of the Russia-Africa Economic Conference in Moscow, Russia, the Roscongress Foundation, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and the Russian Export Center (REC) on June.21 signed an agreement to cooperate on establishing effective communication between expert communities and business circles in the Russian Federation and African countries. The document was signed by REC Chief Executive Officer Andrey Slepnev, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank Benedict Okey Oramah, and Chairman and CEO of the Roscongress Foundation Alexander Stuglev.  Read more...

Agriculture.com, June 26, 2019: Wheat production in Russia, the world's largest exporter of the cereal, is expected to be 81.7 million tonnes this year, up 13% compared with 2018, as hot, dry conditions this month have had a limited impact on yields, French consultancy Agritel said. The forecast, following a field tour in southern Russia on June 10-14, was above Agritel's initial Russian wheat harvest estimate of 79.2 million tonnes published in April. "Despite the hot and dry weather that settled in June, we believe that this phenomenon should not have a significant impact on the final yield since wheat already reached the ripening stage," Agritel said in a note on Wednesday. Some analysts have trimmed their expectations for Russia's wheat harvest in light of the recent hot, dry spell.  Read more...

Tass.com, June 27, 2019: Representatives of major international fisheries management organizations will take part in the III Global Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg, including the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).  Read more...

Tass.com, June 23, 2019: University of Tyumen and Baker Hughes, one of the world's largest oil field services companies, will carry out joint scientific and technical research to develop new technologies. Tyumen University head Valery Falkov and Ivan Glebov, chief of Baker Hughes drilling fuels department, have signed a corresponding agreement, the university's press service reported on Monday. "The agreement envisages joint research and development work aimed at creating new technologies," the press service said. The sides agreed that in the fall of 2019 students will be selected to serve as interns in the fields of drilling services, drilling fluids and artificial oil lifting.  Read more...

En.trend.az, June 27, 2019: The total income of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) reached 17.614 billion manats, which exceeded the forecast amount (15.310 billion manats) by 15 percent ,  Trend reports referring to the report of the Chamber of Accounts following the execution of SOFAZ's budget-2018. SOFAZ's expenses for 2018 reached more than 11.46 billion manats, which is less than the forecast amount (11.480 billion manats) by 0.2 percent. As a result, by the end of the year, the budget had a surplus of more than 6.158 billion manats and funds in the amount of more than $3.6 billion were transferred for accumulation.  Read more...

Azernews.az, June 27, 2019: The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan has reported a significant increase in the production of precious metals in the country since the beginning of 2019. According to the source, the gold production in January-May this year increased by 60.8 percent compared to the same period of 2018. At the same time, silver production increased by 37.6 percent. However, the ministry and other relevant agencies of Tajikistan do not provide data on the production of precious metals, saying that such information is secret.  Read more...

Freshplaza.com, June 27, 2019: At the Uzbek Embassy in Muscat, this week saw an exhibition/presentation, dedicated to the launch of a pilot project for the supply of Uzbek fruits to Oman. Earlier, the embassy -together with the Oman Global Logistics Group ASYAD - organized the first test supply of Uzbek fruits to the capital city Muscat. To date, about 200 kg have been shipped to Oman by air. The exhibition, co-organized by the embassy in cooperation with ASYAD, was also attended by the Bahraini Ambassador Juma al-Qabi, a delegation of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce, representatives of the Embassies of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Atyab Foodtech, Al-Hosn, Al-Hamdani and a number of major Omani distributors and trading companies.  Read more...