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FILE PHOTO: Alexander Dyukov, the head of Gazprom Neft, talks to the media as he leaves after a meeting of Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak with country’s oil companies in Moscow, Russia March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
September 23, 2020
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The chief executive of Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft <SIBN.MM> said he expects global oil consumption to return to pre-crisis level in the second half of 2021.
Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, CEO Alexander Dyukov said Gazprom Neft was doing everything possible to keep up investment despite global demand for oil slowing because of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Louise Heavens)