Kazakhstan’s ‘Multi-Vector’ Foreign Policy & Increased Economic Ties With Iran
April 10th, 2009
Via The Foreign Policy Association, a report that Iran and Kazakhstan are working towards improved economic ties. As the article notes: “…The Iranian and Kazakh presidents met Monday in the Kazakh capital of Astana and signed a series of mutually beneficial deals that will also pay dividends to other countries. President Nazarbayev said he supports […]
Read more »Gazprom Gains Control and ENI Exhales With Relief
April 10th, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required), analysis of Gazprom’s $4.2 billion acquisition of the 20 percent stake in Gazprom Neft held by Italian energy giant ENI. As the article notes, the original purchase by ENI was never intended to result in a permanent stake in Gazprom Neft, but rather to help Gazprom fight off a challenge from […]
Read more »East Siberian-Pacific Ocean Pipeline Reaches China
April 10th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, a report that Russia will finish an oil pipeline connecting Siberian oil fields to energy-hungry China in several weeks. As the article quotes Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: “As I have just been told by the management of Transneft, within just a few weeks the phase of reaching the Chinese border will be […]
Read more »More Pipe Dreams? White Stream and Nord Stream Updates
April 10th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, an update on the White Stream and Nord Stream pipeline projects. As the article notes: “…Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding in Tbilisi with the London company responsible for the planned White Stream pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe.White Stream would bring gas from the Caspian region along a complex route […]
Read more »More Pipe Dreams? Russian & Turkey Thoughts On Blue Stream 2
April 6th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, an interesting article on the continued impact that January’s natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has had throughout European energy markets: Europe, alarmed by the vulnerability of its supplies, is sounding out new possibilities for transmission of natural gas, including the proposed Nabucco pipeline. Russia, in its turn, is seeking bypass […]
Read more »China & Ecuador: Oil For Investment Money
April 6th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, a report that China is close to inking a one-billion-dollar deal to receive Ecuadorian oil. As the article notes: “…China has offered us initial capital worth one billion dollars for infrastructure projects, we are going to pay little by little with our oil,” Correa said during a weekly television address. The deal […]
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