Russian Independents Query Output Freeze

摘要

While Russia and some Opec producers are set to meet this week on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress in Istanbul to further discuss a possible production freeze deal, independent producers in Russia have raised fresh concerns on the necessity of the proposed scheme. A source with Russia's Association of Independent Producers, an organization comprising the country's 52 biggest independent producers, toldInternational Oil Daily that its members admit that a production freeze, if agreed, might be technically possible for Russian oil firms.