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Russia: Government authorises the sale of Shell's share in Sakhalin Energy to Gazprom's subsidiary

Announcement

23 Mar 2024

In March 2024, Shell received the government authorisation to sell its share in the Sakhalin-2 operator to Sakhalin Project LLC (Gazprom's subsidiary) and repatriate capital from Russia. The government also declared invalid its previous authorisation of Shell's share to Novatek's subsidiary. 

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Number of interventions

2

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

2 liberalising

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Implementation date

23 Mar 2024

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Mar 2024
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On 23 March 2024, the government of Russia issued Decree No. 701-р, authorising Shell to sell its 27.5% share in the Sakhalin-2 operator (Sakhalin Energy) to Sakhalin Project LLC (Gazprom's subsidiary...
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Announced: 23 Mar 2024
FDI: Treatment and operations, nes In force
On 23 March 2024, the government of Russia issued Decree No. 701-р, authorising Shell to divest from the Sakhalin-2 project by selling its share to Sakhalin Project LLC (Gazprom's subsidiary). The gov...
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