Axis of Oil Springs A Leak…
February 18th, 2009
Via Newsweek, an interesting look at the impact that plunging oil prices have had upon what many consider to be “unfriendly” regimes such as Iran and Venezuela. As the article notes “…What a difference a half a year makes. Last summer, when oil prices hit an all-time high of $147 a barrel, so did the […]
Read more »China, Russia, and ESPO: Was This A Deal of Desperation?
February 18th, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required), insightful analysis of the recent deal between China and Russia that will give Russian energy firms Transneft and Rosneft loans to increase East Siberian oil field development and production and to connect the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline to China. In return, China will receive about 300,000 barrels per day of oil […]
Read more »China and Russia Agree on Oil Sector Loans
February 17th, 2009
Via The Financial Post, a report that Russia signed its biggest ever energy deal with China, under which its oil companies will receive US$25-billion in loans in exchange for long-term crude supplies. As the article notes:. “…The source said state oil champion Rosneft and pipeline monopoly Transneft signed a long-delayed deal to borrow the money […]
Read more »Rosukrenergo
February 16th, 2009
Via The Kansas City Star, an interesting article on Rosukrenergo, the mysterious firm that had acted as the intermediary between Russia & Ukraine on gas sales. As the report notes: When Ukraine and Russia ended their clash over natural gas supplies last month, resuming the flow to more than a dozen European countries, the agreement […]
Read more »Uzbekistan: In The Middle of A Central Asian Tug-of-War
February 12th, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an interesting anaylsis of Uzbekistan’s role in the spotlight as Russia and the U.S. engage in a strategic tug-of-war over Central Asia. As the article notes “…With a population of nearly 28 million, Uzbekistan it is the most populous of the former Soviet Central Asian republics. It is also one of […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: Center of the New Great Game Energy War?
February 9th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, a detailed look at Azerbaijan’s central role in the covert new Great Game energy war between the West and Russia for domination of both Caspian energy and its transit resources. As the article notes “…No Caspian nation has been more affected by the perfect storm of the global economic bust, Russian-Ukrainian gas […]
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