Nabucco: A Pipe Dream Closer To Reality?
July 13th, 2009
Via The New York Times, an update on Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Turkey’s decision to sign a transit agreement on the Nabucco pipeline, which would stretch 2,000 miles from the Caspian Sea to Austria through Turkey. This project would reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas but, despite this latest agreement, the project’s completion remained […]
Read more »Bullish On Africa In The China Shop…
July 12th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, an update on China’s energy “shopping spree” in Africa. As the article notes: China’s oil companies, buoyed by the country’s foreign exchange reserves that now top $2 trillion for the first time, are on another buying spree in Africa, further challenging the century-long domination of the continent’s mineral wealth by Europe’s great […]
Read more »Ukraine’s Economic & Energy Woes Merge
July 6th, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required), interesting analysis of the impact that Ukraine’s economic woes is having upon its energy position and potential energy crisis. As the report notes: “…Russia’s biggest private investment bank, Troika Dialog, announced July 6 that it is willing to provide Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz with up to $4 billion in financing […]
Read more »China’s New Frontier: South America
July 5th, 2009
Courtesy of Fortune, an interesting report on the global reach of China’s telecommunications equipment manufacturers. As the article notes, having already conquered Africa & Asia, they are now looking towards South America for growth: “At phone operator Movistar’s sales offices in Buenos Aires, customers line up to buy high-speed wireless services to access the web […]
Read more »Regional Implications Of A Completed Chinese-Kazakh Pipeline
July 1st, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required), interesting analysis of the broader regional implications of the recently completed pipeline between China and Kazakhstan, particularly for Russia. As the article notes: “…Kazakhstan has finished constructing the final segment of a strategically important oil pipeline running from the Caspian Sea to western China, according to a July 1 announcement from […]
Read more »Russia Renews Overtures to Original Seven Sisters
June 30th, 2009
Via the always insightful The Oil & The Glory, interesting thoughts on Russia’s recent overtures to some of the original Seven Sisters to participate in major exploration projects. As the article notes: “…With cash reserves running down and insufficient economic relief in sight, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, his growl turned into a purr, is welcoming […]
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