Alleviating the EU’s rocky road: a firmer Kiev-Moscow partnership ahead?

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Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine: Costs Should Decide

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.

Shale Revolution: Myths and Realities

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.

Liquefied Natural Gas Outlook: Expectations and Reality

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.

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New government structure and FES: Reformatting the state system administrating the sector

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.

Global Oil Market: What Prices Should One Expect?

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.

Sanctions Against Russian Oil and Gas: Coil Tightening

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.

American Shale: Life in Trump Era

The new American president clearly outlined his energy priorities by calling renewable energy a waste of money and placing his bet openly on hydrocarbons. This is excellent news for American shale companies. Just like the significant growth in global oil prices in 2017 and especially early 2018. Everyone would like to know how much oil it can really extract. And there is also the subject of shale gas. The US too aggressively advertises expected dramatic growth in LNG production. It is, however, impossible without substantial increase in the production of gas, once again from shale.

State regulation of the oil and gas sector in 2017, prospects for 2018

NESF traditionally concludes the year with its final report that sums up main events and tendencies of the year. The report analyzes preliminary production results, main state decisions concerning the sector, battles for property, changes in export policies, and, certainly, medium-term forecasts of development of the sector.

Gazprom in Internal, External Gas Markets: How to Share Gas ‘Pie’

The position of Gazprom is quite controversial. On the one hand, after several years of decline in production because of a rise in competition in the domestic market and negative trends in foreign markets, Gazprom is again increasing gas production. It sets record after record in the European market as it meets additional demand. The attacks of independent producers demanding reform of the industry or at least access to export by pipeline have been repelled once again. The company has got a certain respite. On the other hand, political resistance to Gazprom in Europe only increases. The final battle for the position in the future European market is beginning.

Russian Oil & Gas in 2025: Picture of Future

We all want to know what the next few years have in store for the oil and gas industry. Two key approaches to the future are known, including the future of the oil and gas industry. The first is to try and understand what, after all, awaits the industry ahead based on the current trends. The second is to design that very future. Draw a plan that has to be followed. So risks and problems can be avoided in time. The new NESF's report will give you an understanding of what forks the industry is facing and what way attempts are made to have the oil and gas industry choose. The attacks of independent producers demanding reform of the industry or at least access to export by pipeline have been repelled once again. The company has got a certain respite. On the other hand, political resistance to Gazprom in Europe only increases. The final battle for the position in the future European market is beginning.

Fiscal Innovations: from Tax Manoeuvre to New Experiments

The oil industry has insisted that the taxation system should be changed for a long time now. So far, however, every innovation seems to add more problems. For instance, this concerns the tax manoeuvre. There is no intention to carry it through. The promise to cancel the export duty seems to be a prospect of too distant a future. Besides, there seems to be no way the government can think of how to help oil refining, the main victim of the tax manoeuvre. Thus the tax manoeuvre becomes not only long-drawn-out, but increasingly complicated.

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