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applegrove

(118,688 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:16 PM Sep 2015

With China slowing down, Russia is trying to sell its oil to India

With China slowing down, Russia is trying to sell its oil to India

by Gaurav Agnihotri at OilPrice.com

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-is-trying-to-sell-oil-to-india-2015-9

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By now, the whole world knows that Russia has been trying to pivot towards China in the wake of the U.S. and EU sanctions that specifically targeted the Russian oil and gas industry.

On September 3, 2015, during a meeting of Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China’s CNPC and Russia’s Gazprom signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a third project that will be developed in the next five years.

Although this seems to be a win- win situation for both nations, one has to consider the fact that there have been several delays in most of the previous China – Russia deals.

China and Russia finalized a gas deal in May 2014 which involved construction of two pipelines that would transport Russia’s gas to China.



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With China slowing down, Russia is trying to sell its oil to India (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2015 OP
I still speculate that Obama made the Saudis lower the price of oil, as the price for applegrove Sep 2015 #1
Or..... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #2
But the timing was right when Obama kept saying...let me ponder ISIS a bit...I just don't quite know applegrove Sep 2015 #3

applegrove

(118,688 posts)
1. I still speculate that Obama made the Saudis lower the price of oil, as the price for
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:17 PM
Sep 2015

leading the fight against ISIS, to serve Putin right. Don't mess with Obama.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)
2. Or.....
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:22 PM
Sep 2015

The Saudis upped production in order to squash the Dakota play.

If that is the case, they succeeded

applegrove

(118,688 posts)
3. But the timing was right when Obama kept saying...let me ponder ISIS a bit...I just don't quite know
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:27 PM
Sep 2015

what I'm going to do here....and the Saudis started squealing. Then he agreed to lead the fight. Then Oil prices went down.

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