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 [...]

Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Catalan, Cni, Construction Company, Energy Companies, Energy Supplies, Independent Oil Company, Intelligence, La Caixa, Long Time, Lukoil, moscow, Noose, Percent Stake, Repsol Ypf, Russia, Russian Energy, Sacyr Vallehermoso, Southern Europe, Spain, Spy Agency

A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts have been saying for a long time, namely that Moscow is using Russian energy companies to gain geo-strategic control over northern, [...]

Gazprom’s aggressive growth

Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, 10 Years, Aggressive Growth, Blush, Capitalism, Capitalization, Ceo, Cold-War, Energy Companies, Gas Monopoly, gazprom, Gazprom Russia, June 27, Laurels, Lenin, Monopoly, Natural Gas, Pound Gorilla, Rapacity, Russian Energy, Trillion

At the height of the Cold War, the West feared the Soviet military. Now, it fears Russian energy companies, and the 800-pound gorilla of them all is Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas monopoly, currently the world’s third-largest company by capitalization.
Having absorbed capitalism with a rapacity that would make Lenin blush, Gazprom does not intend to rest [...]