Russian Oil Production to 2020

An overview on Russian Oil Production in the near to mid-term future, written as I wanted to take a closer look at what is going on in the country after following some interesting newsbits. The relevance of Russia is tremendous in the world energy system (and thereby economy) as top 2 producers of crude oil in the world (nearly rivalling Saudi-Arabia), with equally large exports. The article was written for, and published at The Oil Drum.