The Thirsty Dragon: China Ponders A Pipeline Loan to Russia
October 29th, 2008
Stratfor (subscription required) provided an excellent analysis of the recent discussions between China and Russia over a potential $20 -$25 billion loan to Russian state-owned companies Transneft and Rosneft to build a connector to the Eastern Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline and ship oil to China. As the article notes: “…China is pondering giving Russia’s state-owned […]
Read more »GOPEC, Go Figure…
October 27th, 2008
Via The Financial Times, another look at the possibility of a Gas OPEC (GOPEC) and, more specifically, the unlikelihood of its success until LNG infrastructure becomes more pervasive around the world. As the article notes “…Exactly 35 years ago, the Arab oil embargo sent western economies into their worst downturn of the postwar period. So […]
Read more »No Russian Oil Pipeline To China in 2009
October 24th, 2008
Via Energy Daily, a report that a partially built Russian oil pipeline to Asia will not be connected to China in 2009. As noted in the article, a spur planned to be built from the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline to the Chinese border in 2009 cannot be put into operation next year: “…China has […]
Read more »Africa’s Proposed Single Free Trade Zone
October 24th, 2008
Via Stratfor (subscription required), a close look at the recent announcement that leaders from three regional African trading blocs agreed to harmonize their organizations and form a single free trade zone. The move will bring together the 26 countries that comprise the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: Dancing Between the West and Russia
October 23rd, 2008
Via The New York Times, an interesting look at Azerbaijan, the small, oil-rich country on the Caspian Sea, which has balanced the interests of Russia (to its north) and the United States since it won its independence from the Soviet Union. But since Russia and Georgia fought a short war this summer, its path has […]
Read more »Gas ‘Troika’ Discuss Gas OPEC
October 22nd, 2008
As reported by The Huffington Post, Russia, Iran and Qatar – which together account for nearly a third of world natural gas exports and hold some 60 percent of world gas reserves – made the first serious moves recently toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence […]
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