Rosneft Beats Gazprom Neft to Key Russian Field

摘要

Russia's state-controlled Rosneft has rounded off a successful year by winning an auction for two big onshore fields in West Siberia, one of which was also coveted by Gazprom Neft and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala. Russian Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi said on Tuesday that Rosneft--after buying stakes in Bashneft, Essar Oil and Egypt's Zohr gas discovery in 2016, and bringing in Glencore and Qatar Investment Authority as new shareholders--was the only bidder for the Ai-Yaunsky field valued at 2.19 billion rubles ($36.15 million).