Gas
Analysis: Gazprom on a shopping spree for gas
July 14, 2008Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom has embarked on a grand shopping tour for gas. Although Russia is the world’s largest gas producer and exporter, the Kremlin seeks to maximize gas imports into Russia from other producer countries...
Analysis: West racing Russia for Turkmen gas
November 27, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor On November 23 in Ashgabat, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and Gazprom president Alexei Miller held tense talks with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov on joint gas projects. The Russians...
Democrats push greenhouse gas cuts
November 06, 2007The leading contenders in the Democratic field for U.S. president have all pledged greenhouse gas emission cuts that would cost billions in the short term. The plans would alter the way U.S. citizens power and heat their homes as well as fuel their...
Turkmen president calls for speedy implementation of new gas agreement with China
July 30, 2007In a report to the Turkmen cabinet in Ashgabat, President Berdymukhammedov ordered on July 26 the "speedy" implementation of gas-export plans to China, Turkmen television reported. He also demanded "regular progress reports" on the...
Analysis: The Shtokman gas deal: an initial assessment of its implications
July 18, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom’s just-concluded agreement with the French firm Total to develop the Shtokman gas field marks a new stage in Russia’s energy strategies and policies. First, it re-defines to Russian unilateral...
Analysis: Russia surging farther ahead in race for central Asian gas
May 17, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Presidents Vladimir Putin, Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov, and Nursultan Nazarbayev signed on May 12 a declaration of intent to upgrade and expand gas transport pipelines from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, along...
Analysis: Questions multiply on the Baltic seabed pipeline project’s viability
April 23, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom-led Nord Stream, the Russo-German project for a gas pipeline on the Baltic seabed, is running behind schedule on construction of the overland section in Russia and faces cost projection overruns on...
Analysis: Resistance growing to the Baltic seabed pipeline project
April 23, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor The Russo-German project for a gas pipeline on the Baltic seabed is meeting with growing skepticism and resistance in the region. The Gazprom-led consortium, Nord Stream, has now unwittingly added to those...
Analysis: Russia poised to lead an evolving cartel of gas-exporting countries
April 11, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Convening in Doha, Qatar on April 9, the Gas-Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) has taken a first step toward creating an exporters’ cartel at the intergovernmental level. However, the Western...
Analysis: Toward a Russia-led cartel for gas?
March 30, 2007Autor: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Proposals for the Gas-Exporting Countries’ Forum to consider the possibility of forming a cartel have in recent weeks been aired by the presidents of Russia, Iran, and Algeria, as well as the Emir of...
