In the course of trading on Wednesday, December 15, Surgutneftegaz shares took off by 16.67 percent, from 36.48 to 42.38 rubles per piece, evidence of the data of the Moscow Exchange. At the time of writing, the paper notes were adjusted to 40.33 rubles.
On the eve of the evening, the Minister of Energy of Russia Nikolai Shulginov said that another company filed an application for admission to the export of gas through pipes, but did not voiced its name. If the rumors are confirmed, then the Gazprom’s competitor, while having a monopoly right to supply fuel on pipelines abroad, will be “Surgutneftegaz”.
At the end of August, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to allow the company to export 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year through the Agency Agreement with Gazprom. The company announced the willingness to pay a significantly increased extraction tax for this opportunity. The head of state requested the Cabinet of Ministers to consider.
At the end of September, the government K supported the idea of resolving Rosneft “as an experiment” Export to Europe to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The final decision at the highest level is not yet accepted.