MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia is gradually strengthening its position in the global energy sector and aims to become one of the world's leading energy players in the new multipolar world, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak wrote in a column published Thursday in the Energy Policy journal.
"The Russian oil industry is demonstrating steady performance and accounts for some 10 percent of global oil production. Last year, Russia's oil output stood at approximately 512 million tonnes," Novak wrote in the article titled "The Global and Russian Fuel and Energy Sector in the Era of Multipolarity: Horizons and Results for 2025."
