Konstantin Simonov,
The Head of NESF | Dear fuel-interested readers! I am happy to welcome you here on the National Energy Security Fund internet site. If you are here then you are probably interested in the following subjects: - Money streams in oil and gas industry
- Competing projects of Russian energy development
- Future of Russian oil and gas corporations
We, at the National Energy Security Fund, are highly concerned about these issues too. Hence, we will try to be your guide in the world of big politics and energy business. Our main goal is to show how energy resources and political power in Russia interlink. «Study what hasn’t been studied» is the motto we are guided by sniffing out the smell of the money, oil, and gas in the Russian government lobbies. |
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 | Inauguration of Vladimir Putin this May was followed by reformatting of the Russian government and the system of executive power in general. These changes seem to be cosmetic, as the PM and many ministers preserved their seats. However, HR novelties are quite significant, and they directly concern the oil and gas sector. The reshuffle has not finished yet – the mop-up and structural changes still continue in some ministries. Yet, main players have already taken their seats, and it is possible to draw the first results of reformatting of the system administrating the oil and gas industry. More reports » |
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 | The new report analyzes the situation which followed «reformatting» of the political system in Russia within the «Successor» operation. Currently the new management structure and inter-elite situation have been formed aggressively in view of the existing model of «Putin-Medvedev» duumvirate. More reports » |
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There has been much discussion about how Russia – Europe’s biggest gas supplier – can continue to supply gas to Europe over the coming decades in the most secure and cost efficient way. Gazprom and its European partners have decided that building two additional pipelines through the Baltic Sea (Nord Stream 2) is the best commercial solution to secure future gas supplies for the EU, where gas production continues to decline and demand is expected to grow.
The boom in shale gas production in the US and its wide-ranging influence on markets rocked the gas world. Liquefied gas deliveries were redirected, altering the already fragile balance of demand and supply in traditional markets for pipeline gas in Europe.
World market has shown interest to liquefied gas. Russia has so far been aside of it. However, producers have announced several large LNG projects. The new study will help investigate this delicate subject and understand what is in store for LNG production and export in the nearest years.
"Russia 2010. Report on Transformation" is a special publication prepared by experts and edited by Konstantin Simonov. This is the seventh edition of the Report published by the Economic Forum and the Eastern Institute.
Many are afraid of volatility on the oil market. Now prices very quickly recoil to 30 dollars per barrel, now they push the 80 dollar mark. Total chaos dominates forecasts by leading Western analysts. Some predict prices at 100, while others their forthcoming collapse. Who is right? NESF has also decided to ask the one-billion-dollar question: how much oil will cost and what factors influence oil prices in reality.
The optimistic forecast about the development of relations with the US has not come to pass. Not only Western sanctions have not been lifted, but they have been made even heavier. Our report will explain what exact projects have already been frozen. How the new sanctions work. Where Russian companies look for funding. Whether non-residents are scared. How the industry views and experiences sanctions. Whether they have become a disaster.
The new study analyses state corporations that many consider a new long-term direction of Russian economy development. Currently, these corporations are becoming nearly the main mechanism for Russian elite to convert and cash out political power. Therefore it is important to understand affiliation of different state corporations with dominating political players, their role in the 2008 election campaign and place in the next executive power configuration that we will see completed by spring-summer 2008. It is also interesting to analyze possible ways the state corporations may transform into other forms of property in the nearest and medium-term future.
The new study analyzes political and socio-economic state of Russia after Duma election on December 2 2007 and possible consequences of power shuffle in March-May 2008.