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.
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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 [...]
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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
Double, oil and trouble
Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Oil, American Oil, Brazil, Cambridge Associates, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Double Trouble, Economist, Economy, Energy Information Administration, Energy Research, International Energy Agency, Libya Oil, Oil Inventories, Oil Minister, Oil Price, Paris, Price Of Grain, Price Of Oil, Scandal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Joe Liberman, Shokri Ghanem, Speculators, Unexpected Fall, Viewswire
THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]
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