Gas
Excessive reliance on gas, oil exports cuts Russian standard of living
April 21, 2010By Paul Goble Moscow’s excessive reliance on profits from the export of oil and gas -- the centerpiece of Vladimir Putin’s policies – has been contributing to a significant decline in the standard of living of most Russians beyond the...
Reaction mixed to President Obama's U.S. energy plan
April 06, 2010By Greg Flakus Last week President Obama announced plans to open currently off-limits areas along the US Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico coastlines to oil and gas exploration. The move was criticized by many of the president's left-leaning supporters...
Italy’s ENI seeks Nabucco life-belt for Gazprom’s sinking South Stream
March 17, 2010By Vladimir Socor Italy’s ENI chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, has proposed unifying the Gazprom-led South Stream with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project. The Italian state-controlled energy conglomerate ENI is the key technological...
Nabucco pipeline focus of Vienna roundtable
March 07, 2010The German-based Eurasia Transition Group organized a roundtable discussion in Vienna today to discuss Turkmenistan's possible role in the Nabucco gas pipeline, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. Nabucco is planned to transport natural gas from Turkey...
Russian energy expansion hits a slowdown
March 03, 2010BySergei Blagov Against the background of difficult international energy market conditions Russian companies have become less interested in finding new oil and gas fields and developing existing deposits. Notably, the country’s gas monopoly Gazprom...
11 countries in Central, Southeastern Europe hold energy summit
March 03, 2010By Vladimir Socor Hungary hosts region-wide summit on energy security The prime ministers of eleven countries in Central and Southeastern Europe met on February 24 in Budapest, for the first Energy Security Summit in this region. Hungary initiated...
Moldova cut volume of gas bought from Russian Gazprom in 2009
March 01, 2010Moldova (without the Transnistrian region) bought 1.126,3 million cubic metres of gas from the Russian concern Gazprom in 2009, which is by 8.2 per cent less against 2008, according to a report by the National Agency for Regulation of Energy (ANRE). ...
Moscow targets BP assets in eastern Siberia
February 22, 2010By Vladimir Socor Russian authorities threaten BP assets at Kovykta project Russia’s Natural Environment Inspectorate (RosPrirodNadzor) has recommended that BP’s joint venture in Russia, TNK-BP, be stripped of the giant Kovykta natural gas...
Gazprom discusses Romanian participation in South Stream
February 21, 2010By Vladimir Socor Gazprom playing with poor options on South Stream in the Black Sea On February 17 in Bucharest, Gazprom Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev conferred with Romanian officials on a range of bilateral projects. Medvedev hinted at possible...
Russia: Situation in oil and gas region threatens to go ‘out of control’
February 10, 2010By Paul Goble The social-political situation in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District, whose oil and gas supplies make it “the most important region” in Russia, now “threatens to go out of control of the powers that be” as...