Russia to Create Giant Company to Control Oil and Gas Production at Sea Shelf

Russian daily Kommersant reported on Monday, Dec. 11, that the meeting of the Russian Security Council chaired by President Putin on Saturday developed a new strategy to give the government control of oil and gas extraction on the Russian sea shelf. The paper reported that the Russian authorities may combine state-controlled giants Gazprom, Rosneft and Zarubezhneft into a single government monopoly that would take over the shelf production.
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