Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Russia, Chief Executive, Dominance, Energy Resources, Europe, Gas Exports, Gas Monopoly, gazprom, Gazprom Russia, Head Of State, Libya, Libya Oil, Locks, Mercantilism, Monopoly, Muammer, Oil And Gas, Political Clout, Russian Energy, World Market

This is example of Russian energy mercantilism. Russia locks up energy resources from other countries and takes it off the world market. Russia gains power at the expense of other countries.
From the article:
OAO Gazprom, Russia’s state- sponsored gas monopoly, is offering to buy all of Libya’s oil and gas exports in a bid to increase [...]

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 [...]

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

Posted by Matt in May 10th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, 15th Anniversary, Campaign Trail, Deep Purple, Economist Magazine, Favorite Band, gazprom, Gazprom Russia, Hottest Place, Kremlin Palace, Leviathan, Medvedev, Natural Gas, Oil Industry, Opportunity, Own Man, Palace Theater, Purple Rock, putin, Reason, Russian Campaign, Siberia, Tina Turner, Vladimir

ON a frigid evening in February, the hottest place to be here was the Kremlin Palace theater. The draw inside the towering hall wasn’t Tina Turner or Deep Purple — rock icons well past their prime — but Gazprom, Russia’s most powerful corporate leviathan, which was celebrating its 15th anniversary.
Gazprom certainly had reason to party: [...]

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Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya

Gazprom’s aggressive growth

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

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