Can Russia Maintain Current Oil Production Levels until 2020?

Uncertainty whether Russia can maintain its high level of oil production continues – 10.7 million b/d in 2012 to date on average. A new more benign tax regime that has recently been put in place and significant industry investments may plausibly enable the Russian Bear to extend its “plateau production” to 2020.

The post below outlines how this impressive achievement has been made possible, given that the decline of existing production is plausibly 6% or more every year for most old giant fields in West Siberia. In other words, the Russian oil industry needs to invest substantially in pushing more oil from existing fields (lowering decline rates) and new field developments to keep production steady.

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