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 seeks to muscle in on Iraq oil

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Oil, Auction, Baghdad, Energy Minister, iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Oil Companies, Oil Contracts, Oil Majors, Prime Minister Nouri, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, Russia, Russian Energy, Stems, Violence, Western Oil

The Russian energy minister’s visit to Iraq earlier this month, as Baghdad prepares to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies in December, underscores how Western oil majors may be cut out of potentially lucrative production deals.
This stems in part from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s differences with the surge of violence that has accompanied the [...]

Feeding the Russian Bear

Posted by Matt in December 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Baltic Sea, Economy, Energy Policy, Germany, moscow, Natural Gas, Pipeline, Predicament, Russia, Russian Bear, Russian Energy, S Line, Vladimir Putin

Imagine a world where Vladimir Putin may force Germany into toeing Moscow’s line or face losing its ability to power the world’s third largest economy. This dreadful predicament is not hard to picture. Germany, for years, has been completely dependent upon Russia for its energy needs. Currently, almost half of Germany’s natural gas comes from [...]

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, [...]

Who Needs Russia?

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Annals, Condemnation, Consistent Basis, Cooperation, counterterrorism, Diplomatic History, European Allies, European Countries, Fruits, Gauntlet, invasion, Iran, Monumental Blunder, Neighborhood Bully, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Bunkers, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Pundits, Retaliation, Russia, Russian Energy, Russian Threat, sanctions, Source Of Energy, Time America, Ultimatum, United States, Weapon Systems, Western Europe

Does the United States really need Russia? According to many pundits, we need Russia more than it needs us. Russia could cause a lot of problems if we’re not careful.
I say bunk to that nonsense. It’s time to throw down the gauntlet. If Russia is going to terrorize its neighbors and exercise strategic unhelpfulness on [...]

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 [...]