The Caspian Sea: Where Russian, Iranian, EU, and US Gas Interests Collide
The Trans-Caspian pipeline project is still showing some signs of life. Earlier this year, European...
Flamboyant Russian Exile may Head Ukraine’s Biggest Oil and Gas Company
One of Russia’s most outlandish opposition figures and fallen businessmen, Evgeny Chichvarkin, may become the...
Global Oil Reserves
The world demand for oil is extremely high, and so far no substitution for the...
Russia’s Arctic Ambition Moribund Without Foreign Partners
The Arctic Circle is estimated to be home to 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas...
Russia’s Biggest Oil Companies, in One Chart
What does the Russian oil sector look like in figures? Generally speaking, Russian oil companies...
Fire at oil refinery in central Russia quickly extinguished
One of Russia’s oldest refineries, located on in Saratov, a city on the Volga river,...
Greece and Germany: An Unlikely Pair to Dominate the European Gas Market
At this year’s St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia announced two major European pipeline projects –...
Money has no smell
There has recently been a significant breakthrough in talks over the Iranian nuclear program. However,...
The dualization of Sechin
On June 17, 2015, Rosneft shareholders meeting is expected to approve the company’s credit agreements...
How crisis in Yemen affects neighbors and rest of world
Situation in Yemen, steeped in militancy and crime, shows no signs of stabilizing any time...