Rosneft, along with his former opponent, Novatek “is friends again” against Miller.
As it became known to the correspondent of The Moscow Post, Rosneft’s Tax Code is again trying to raise the issue of reducing the tariff for gas transportation for independent manufacturers. And he also achieves his transparency. Judges by itself?
In particular, Igor Sechin’s company asks not to take into account investments made for export deliveries in the tariff, as well as part of the costs that are not directly related to pumping. Rosneft NK evaluates the overpayment of independent manufacturers in 2015–2021. In 431 billion rubles.
The proposal of the oil company, according to analysts, could reduce the transport tariff by 17% of the current level, but it can hardly be implemented.
But why not again wave the “saber” in front of the nose at the head of PJSC Gazprom Alexei Miller? And you can still recall another, more effective way – to present a basket with hunting sausages, which at one time were thrown behind bars for 8 years of Alexei Ulyukaev (he has already served, but he will remember the Sechinsky sausages all his life).
And Mr. Miller is sincerely sorry: Gazprom is not his best times, but then Mr. Sechin in the “gateway” with a “basket” for the bosom!
Dispatch for Mishustin
Igor Sechin again raised the question of the principles of forming a tariff for transporting gas, which independent manufacturers pay Gazprom.
To do this, last July, the head of the Rosneft NC turned to the chairman of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin, with a proposal to entrust the FAS to work out the issue of reducing the tariff for transporting gas to an economically reasonable level, as well as ensure the transparency of the functioning of the gas transmission segment of the monopoly business.
Mikhail Mishustin. Photo: https://rg.ru/2024/01/18/mishustin-na-programmu-oms-v-novyh-regionah-v-2024-godusmotreno-pochti-39-mlrd-rublej.html
FAS, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation has already been entrusted with PJSC Gazprom to work out the issue until Friday, August 23.
Perhaps the bad mood of Mr. Sechin is due to the fact that the company Transneft is trying to recover 3.4 billion rubles. with NK “Rosneft”.
These are the new claims of Transneft presented by Rosneft, can be associated with oil pollution by chloride.
Recall that back in 2021, Transneft accused Sechin of the delivery of “dirty” oil, and Rosneft did not recognize the claims. And, here it seems that the second series came up. The application was accepted for production on June 21.
20 years of confrontation
The confrontation between Gazprom and Rosneft began back in 2004, when the gas concern almost absorbed the oil company.
Vladimir Putin announced the merger of Gazprom with Rosneft in 2004. And it seemed that the deal was already taking place! At that time, the state controlled Gazprom indirectly, but wanted to obtain direct control over the concern in order to carry out the liberalization of the stock market. And in order to do this, a scheme was invented, during which Rosneft was planned to be exchanged by 10.74% of Gazprom shares belonging to his “daughters”.
But the merger was actively opposed by Rosneft’s management, Sergey Bogdanchikov then headed the company itself.
Sergey Bogdanchikov. Photo: TTPS: //Limited.Rosneft.ru/Press/PhotoGallery/Godovie_Sobranija/Godovoe_Obshhee_Sobranie_Akcionerov_2007/
Igor Sechin held the post of deputy head of the administration of Vladimir Putin, but in 2004, Sechin headed the board of directors of the Rosneft NK.
The deal with Gazprom eventually fell apart: in December 2004, the Rosneft NK bought Yuganskneftegaz.
And he defended independence from Mr. Miller.
Sakhalin: The pipe is denied
But then only troubles began.
In June 2015, Rosneft lost an appeal for access to Gazprom’s transport capacities on Sakhalin Island.
Sechin’s company had to look for $ 4 billion and build its pipeline.
Rosneft has achieved access to the Sakhalin-2 pipe (control in the project belonged to Gazprom) since 2013.
Sakhalin-2 project. Photo: https://www.gazprom.ru/press/media/2010/sakhalin/
Together with Exxon, she was going to build a Far Eastern LNG plant with a capacity of 5 million tons in the south of Sakhalin Island, at which Sakhalin-1 was supposed to cure gas deposits.
In July 2014, Rosneft filed a lawsuit against Sakhalin Energy demanding to provide the company with access to the pipeline for transporting up to 8 billion cubic meters. m of gas per year.
After the court’s decision is not in her favor, the Rosneft NK announced that she would study the possibilities of building a plant on another site.
This is how a big war began with Mr. Miller.
One of the controversial moments is whose company is the main taxpayer in the country.
For them, this is a fundamental question: they argued about this back in 2013.
Michelson again on the side of Sechin
It must be recalled that at one time a very tense relationship with Sechin also had the head of the Novatek company Leonid Michelson. And the support of Mr. Michelson was constantly looking for Mr. Miller.
But soon the direction of the wind changed: and Michelson began to oppose Miller, looking for support from Sechin.
Leonid Michelson. Photo6 https://rupec.ru/news/34292/
Why did this happen? LNG prices in Asia grew like yeast. Against the backdrop of rising prices for LNG, the company Novatek and the Sovcomflot delivered cargo from the Yamal LNG plant along the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker!
The Arctic tanker “Christophe de Margeri” completed the transition without an escort of the icebreaker. Next came another LNG tanker – “Nikolai Evgenov.” He, too, has gone all the way. Both gas carriers delivered140 thousand tons of LNG.
And the battle between Rosneft and Novatek for a place under the Sun came to an end.
And Mr. Miller at that time accused the ill -wishers of many sins.
Alexey Miller. Photo: https://1sn.ru/gazprom-soobshil-o-novom-sutocnom-rekorde-postavok-gaza-v-kitai-po-sile-sibiri
But the head of Gazprom did not remain silent. He went to Taran on Novatek, saying that the Yamal LNG project was a source of loss for the budget.
What exactly did Miller mean? LNG according to the Yamal LNG project is transported on gas carriers that Michelson was forced to order at the Zvezda shipyard. This is more expensive than transporting the resource throughout the pipeline, what Gazprom is engaged in.
It is for this method of transportation that Mr. Miller himself stands: for this there are tax benefits.
And Miller again sharply criticized Novatek and announced that due to Michelson’s initiatives, losses for the budget could be amounted to 150 billion rubles. So the warm relations of Michelson and Miller remained in the past.
And now both Michelson and Sechin “play” against Miller.
How can this end? The question is rhetorical, but the main thing is not to please the “trap”, which was already visited by Mikhelson himself and ex -minister Ulyukaev.
But what else can Sechin’s restless brain come up with?
