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Gazprom Export is studying the received legal claim from Uniper, does not recognize the violation of contracts and the legitimacy of the German company's claims for damages, Gazprom Export told reporters. "Gazprom Export confirms that Uniper has initiated arbitration proceedings. At the moment, we are studying the received statement of claim and will protect our interests within the legal framework. Gazprom Export does not recognize the violation of contracts and the legitimacy of Uniper's stated claims for damages," the company said.
Oil company Gazprom Neft still expects its oil refineries in Russia to produce a record of over 41mn tonnes in 2022, according to Oleg Vedernikov, director of the company’s oil and gas refining division. “We maintained the 2022 forecast for a record amount of refining at the Russian oil refineries of the company -- it will exceed 41mn tonnes. The growth of the indicators is secured by an upgrade program of our refineries in Moscow and Omsk,” he said as cited by Prime. In January–September, the company’s oil refining in Russia grew by 3.5% on the year. The company also expects its refining to remain flat on the year in 2023, he said. Omsk refinery CEO Oleg Belyavsky said that the company planned to continue upgrades – it will launch a 8.4mn tonne primary oil refining unit in 2023 that will allow the plant to decommission six obsolete units, cut operating costs, and raise efficiency of oil refining, he said. Alexander Chembulayev, CEO of Gazpromneft – Catalytic Systems, told reporters that Gazprom Neft planned to launch the first, 6,000 tonne line of hydroprocessing catalysts that Russia does not produce in 2023. The second stage of the facility will drive the capacity to 15,000 tonnes of catalysts, covering demand of the Russian market in the product, he said. Gazpromneft – Lubricants CEO Anatoly Skoromets said that Omsk Lubricant Plant wanted to launch hydroisodewaxing in 2023, and produce up to 220,000 tonnes of base for motor, transmission, and industrial oils to substitute imports.
Russia has appraised the stake held by Shell in the Sakhalin-2 project at 94.8bn rubles ($1.5bn), according to the decree of the Russian government released on December 14. "By virtue of the report on appraisal of a participation interest of 27.49999998621683% in the charter capital of OOO Sakhalinskaya Energiya, whose transfer <...> was not made to the shareholder of Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd, dated November 28, 2022, to approve the valuation of the given participation interest in the charter capital of OOO Sakhalinskaya Energiya in the amount of 94.8bn rubles," the decree reads. Shell, which had 27.5% in the Sakhalin-2 project, said it would not receive a stake in a new company after transfer of the project operator to the Russian jurisdiction. The company formally notified Russia on September 1, 2022 that it would not apply for participation interests in OOO Sakhalinskaya Energiya.
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