The Russian gas matrix : how markets are driving change / edited by James Henderson and Simon Pirani ; contributors, Tatiana Mitrova, Jonathan Stern and Katja Yafimava.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henderson, James (Russian oil and gas industry expert), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas industry--Russia (Federation).

Gas industry.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xx, 444 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Prress for the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2014.

Summary:

The dramatic changes in international natural gas markets since the 2008 economic crisis and US 'shale gas' boom have impacted powerfully on Russia, one of the world's largest gas producers and consumers. Gazprom, Russia's dominant gas company, faces the challenge of new pricing trends and new regulatory regimes in Europe, its main export market; increasing competition from other producers in Russia itself; far-reaching change in CIS markets; and a long, difficult path to the Asian export market that it hopes to open up. Choices made about the gas industry's future - on export strategy, domestic market reform, and models of upstream development and taxation - matter for the future not only of Russia as an energy supplier, but also of its economy and population. Gas therefore remains a political priority, and government action will be decisive. Book jacket.

Contents:

pt. 1. Political economy of Russian gas

pt. 2. The impact of competitive markets on Russian gas

pt. 3. Russia's gas supply strategy

pt. 4. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-429) and index.

ISBN:

9780198706458

0198706456

OCLC:

862792358