A look at Russian oil efforts

Key issues behind Russia's effort to increase oil production:

FALLING OUTPUT: Russia's wells will produce 0.5 percent less oil this year than the 491.5 million tons they did last year, analysts think, although the government is sticking with its forecast of a 1 percent increase. It would be the first decline in a decade. Older fields are producing less and companies are looking for new oil, but that's …