Pakistan Woos Russian Energy Giant
May 19th, 2011
Via Pakistan’s Tribune, an update on Pakistan’s courtship of Gazprom. As the article notes: “…Pakistan will make an offer to Russian energy giant Gazprom, the largest extractor of natural gas in the world, to participate in two multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline projects – Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) projects, during President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to […]
Read more »Russia: China Pipeline Is Good Politics But Not Necessarily Good Business
January 6th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times and Energy Daily, news that Russia’s plan to reorient its energy trade towards the east has taken a leap forward with the start of oil exports through a new pipeline to China. As the articles note: “…The pipeline, running from Skovorodino in east Siberia to Daqing in north China, is […]
Read more »India: Russia’ing Its Search For More Oil
December 22nd, 2010
Via The Financial Times, an article on India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s quest for Russian oil assets, in particular its consideration of an equity tie-up with Sistema, Russia’s fastest growing oil company. As the report notes: “…ONGC has made no secret of its desire to acquire Russian oil assets to ease India’s dependence on […]
Read more »Turkmenistan and Russia: New Pipeline Politics?
October 19th, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s new natural gas pipeline that will take natural gas supplies from deposits in the Karakum Desert and connect with the Central Asia-Center pipeline system for export to Russia. As the article notes, this small pipeline will add little capacity to its natural gas exports to […]
Read more »Russia: An Energy Superpower?
June 23rd, 2010
Courtesy of Reuters, an interesting interview of Russia’s Energy Czar, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin: ?“…Russian gas behemoth Gazprom (GAZP.MM) must raise its game by penetrating the swiftly growing markets of Asia after a fall in exports to European Union customers, Russia’s energy tsar told Reuters. Gazprom usually supplies a quarter of the European Union’s […]
Read more »Russia and Turkey: A Grand Energy Bargain?
May 14th, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of what appears to be a grand energy bargain has been made among Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. The deal will allow Russia a stronger foothold in Turkey’s energy sector, give Turkey the opportunity to mend relations with Baku and secure a crucial source for natural gas to […]
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