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  • Rethinking ASEAN Gasification

    Rethinking ASEAN Gasification

    This article discusses the complexities of trying to apply foreign gas hub models to developing countries and regions. The challenges of implementing a regional gas strategy amongst the ASEAN members regarding the Trans ASEAN Gas Pipeline are reviewed and alternative energy cooperation models are presented.

  • Energy News Blog – World Energy Outlook – 2015: Answers for Students and Some Questions in Return

    by Irina Mironova Global energy is constantly changing. Demand is driven by economic development, demographic growth as well as efficiency of energy use. Supply, in its turn, is affected by the development of technology, which drives down costs and makes new groups of sources available and economically viable. As a result, we witness changes in…

  • Energy News Blog – Russia and the New Geopolitics of Oil

    By Irina Mironova, Aaron Wood (This text was written for Russia Direct) The changing structure of the global oil trade – which includes new roles for Russia and Saudi Arabia and the rise of non-state actors such as ISIS – has important implications for Russia’s energy industry. Russia’s top energy companies, already grappling with the…

  • Energy News Blog – Challenges Facing OPEC Members in Light of Lower Oil Prices

    by Lina Nagell  The Technical meeting between oil experts from OPEC members and 8 non-member oil producer states on Wednesday, 21st of October, did not reach an agreement to cut production. This comes as no surprise, taking into account that participants were in fact unable to agree on joint press releases at their two last…

  • The Week in Review (October 12 – 17)

    The Monitoring Team: Jason Corbin, Henrik Vorloeper ISIS is still making money out of oil sales The ISIS regime and its infrastructure has been a target of Western and now Russian airstrikes, but yet ISIS still produces about 34,000-40,000 barrels per day, sold for USD 20 to USD 40 per barrel, which brings the militants…

  • Energy News Blog

    Natural Gas Supply in Europe, A Case Study of Poland by Pierre Jouvellier In the ENERPO Newsletter from September 25, 2015, Lina Nagell and Henrik Vorloeper reported on the progress of the new LNG terminal in Poland: “The LNG terminal at Swinoujscie is likely to reach full capacity in 2018. Jan Chadam, head of state-owned Polskie LNG,…

  • The Week in Review (October 05 – 09)

    The Monitoring Team: Lina Nagell, Fatma Babayeva Due to speculation that demand is picking up, oil surged to above $50 a barrel in NY. OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem El-Badri stated that demand would increase by 1.5 million barrels a day this year, more than previously projected, amid cheaper fuel prices. El-Badri continued to talk up…

  • International Summit at EUSP: Report

    International Summit at EUSP: Report

    Russia in Changing Global Markets: New Challenges and Opportunities International Summit Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2-3 October 2015   By Irina Mironova and Michael Roh On October 2-3, the International Energy Center at the European University at Saint Petersburg held an International Summit “Russia in Changing Global Markets: New Challenges and Opportunities”. Representatives of international energy expert…

  • Energy News Blog

    Russia’s Interests in Latin America – Irina Mironova South and Latin America is a region rich with oil and gas resources, with its 19% of world’s proved oil reserves (figure 1). This region is yet to play a role in international oil and gas trade: if in case of natural gas, the share of Central…

  • Energy News Blog

    The Arctic Race – Michael Roh The Arctic region bears strategic importance both as home to new transport routes and new exploration and production area. There are unending debates about the ecological dimension of these developments; however, what caught my eye in the recent news is that some countries are more proactive than another in…

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