Energy Wars: Russia’s Neighbors Get Even – TIME

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Energy, Belarus, blackmail, Current, Face, kremlin, moscow, Neighbors, Oil Prices, Quarrel, Risk, Russia, Soviet Republic, standoff

This January, all eyes are trained on Belarus, which has been having its own quarrel with Moscow over oil prices, threatening European energy supplies once again. But three weeks into the current standoff, there’s been a twist: Kazakhstan, another ex-Soviet republic, stepped in last week to offer Belarus its own oil. Now the Kremlin’s most [...]

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Iran redraws energy map to defy U.S. – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Energy, Central Asia, China, Cubic Meters, Energy Production, European Map, European Union, Iran Map, Mile Pipeline, Precursor, Russia, Turkmenistan, Undertaking, Union Energy, Upi

At first sight, the 115-mile pipeline is a modest enough undertaking. Initially it will carry 8 billion cubic meters of gas from Turkmenistan to Iran.
But analysts see this as the precursor of major shifts in energy production and distribution involving Russia, China, Iran, Central Asia and the European Union.

Iran redraws energy map to defy U.S. [...]

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U.S. Dethroning Russia as Gas King | The Moscow Times

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Energy, Cubic Meters, Economic Crisis, Energy Ministry, European Union, Foreign Markets, Gas Output, gazprom, Influx, King Business, Lost World, Moscow Russia, Moscow Times, Natural Gas, Producer Gas, Russia Business, Russia Moscow, Shale Gas, United States

Russia has all but lost its title as the world’s biggest producer of natural gas to the United States, and Moscow appears unlikely to reclaim the No. 1 spot until Gazprom manages to capture new foreign markets.
Gas output dropped 12 percent to 582 billion cubic meters last year as demand in the key market, the [...]

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Russian energy group with the power to plunge Europe into darkness | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, Click Of A Button, Cold-War, Computer Screens, Energy Companies, Energy Group, Energy Resources, Five Rings, gazprom, Map Of Europe, Natural Gas, Oil And Gas, Outsiders, Raw Power, Russian Energy, Siberia, Spartan, Trajectories, Tundra, Underground Facilities, Western Energy

Gazprom has so much natural gas under the tundra of Siberia that its energy resources are equivalent to all the oil and gas fields owned by western energy companies put together
The next cold war may well take place in a room that looks oddly like a scene from the last one. Along one wall of [...]

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Westward Expansion: Gazprom’s American Ambitions – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Posted by Matt in November 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Energy, Ambitions, American News, Europe, gazprom, Natural Gas, News International, Online News, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Westward Expansion

Europe knows all about how tough Gazprom can be at the negotiating table. Now Gazprom, the bare-knuckled king of natural gas, is out to make its mark in America.
Westward Expansion: Gazprom’s American Ambitions – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

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After the Recession, an Energy Crisis Could Loom – TIME

Posted by Matt in November 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Energy, Bad News, China, Crisis Time, Developing Countries, Energy Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Global Recession, Global Temperatures, Irreparable Damage, Massive Energy, Oil And Gas, Oil Prices, Oil Supplies, Pace

Here’s the bad news about the global recession’s potentially coming to an end: the recovery could spark a massive energy crisis with increased demand for fossil fuels from China and other developing countries, tighter oil supplies and skyrocketing oil prices. And this is just in the near future. The longer-term picture looks even more daunting. [...]

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Britain faces gas shortage in six years due to Russia – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Energy, Alistair, Buchanan, Chief Executive, Coal, Cubic Metre, Cubic Metres, Energy Demand, Energy Regulator, Energy Shortfall, Europe, Gas Developments, Gas Shortage, Global Economy, Nuclear Plants, Ofgem, Russia, Russian Gas, Russian Projects, Six Years, Telegraph

Britain is facing an energy shortfall by 2015 over its exposure to six risky Russian gas developments, if the UK becomes much more dependent on imports from abroad, according to Ofgem.
Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of the energy regulator, has found that Europe could be under-supplied by 41bn cubic metres in six years’ time, [...]

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China’s push for oil in Gulf of Mexico puts U.S. in awkward spot — latimes.com

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Energy, Oil, Awkward Spot, beijing, China, Chinese Company, Cnooc, Crude Oil Production, Gambit, Gulf Of Mexico, Latimes, Leases, Norwegian, Offshore Oil, Oil In Gulf Of Mexico, Rapid Growth, Raw Materials

Reporting from Beijing – A Chinese company’s gambit to drill for oil in U.S. territory demonstrates China’s determination to lock up the raw materials it needs to sustain its rapid growth, wherever those resources lie.
The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp., or CNOOC, reportedly is negotiating the purchase of leases owned by the Norwegian StatoilHydro [...]

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China and Russia Seek Pact on Oil and Natural Gas – TIME

Posted by Matt in October 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Energy, Beijing China, Bonhomie, Bradshaw, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Common Interests, Corbis, Google, Hinges, Livejournal, Mixx, Premier Wen Jiabao, Ramzy, Russian Natural Gas, Russian Prime Minister, Square In Beijing, Stumbleupon, Tiananmen Square, Time Russia, Vladimir Putin, Years Of The Cold War

Russia and China: An Old Alliance Hinges on EnergyBy Austin Ramzy Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People beside Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Oct. 13, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the [...]

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Continental Divide – Russia Gas Pipeline Heightens East Europe’s Fears – Series – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in October 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Baltic Sea, Continental Divide, East Europe, Eastern Europe, Energy Benefits, European Leaders, European Union, Eyebrow, Former Soviet Bloc, Gas Giant Gazprom, Gas Pipeline, gazprom, Members Of The European Union, New Era, Nytimes, Personal Ties, Russia, Russian Domination, Russian Natural Gas, Western Europe

With an ambitious new pipeline planned to run along the bed of the Baltic Sea, the Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is driving a political wedge between Eastern and Western Europe.
While the Russian-German pipeline offers clear energy benefits to Western Europe, Central and Eastern European leaders fear it could lead to a new era of [...]

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