Gazprom
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...
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...
Moldova says Russia hikes gas price by 20 percent
January 06, 2010Moldovan Economy Minister Valeriu Lazar says Russia's Gazprom raised the natural gas price for Moldova by more than 20 percent on January 1, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The new price, which is valid for the first quarter of the year, is reportedly...
Moldova to pay more for Russian gas in 2010
January 05, 2010Russia s gas giant Gazprom has announced the preliminary price for gas supplied to Moldova in the first quarter of 2010 - 233 dollars per 1,000 square metres of gas. The new price is by about 40 dollars higher compared with the fourth quarter of 2009...
Does declining demand in gas mean the end of Gazprom’s reign?
January 05, 2010By Stacy Closson Just over 18 months ago, Russia was predicting a bright future for Gazprom, stating that its capitalization would exceed $1 trillion by 2015 and its shares would be trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the story is very...
Gazprom dominates Russian political power making
October 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky In 2003 a team of Russian foreign policy and energy experts wrote a 70 page memo about the role of Gazprom, the state-owned gas monopoly, in Russia’s domestic politics and the country’s foreign policy strategy. The document...
Gazprom, Turkey Revive and Reconfigure Blue Stream Two
August 11, 2009By Vladimir Socor Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wooed Turkey's AKP government with grandiose vistas of a bilateral partnership on energy during his visit to Ankara (EDM, August 7, 10). Along with his proposal to build Gazprom's South Stream...
EU Warns Member States of New Russian-Ukrainian Gas War
July 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky Following a recent telephone conversation between the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the commission urged all E.U. member states to immediately begin filling gas...