... result in efficiency savings, but allow a new avenue of possibility as BP now has access to the Arctic with Rosneft. Hopefully, Rosneft's consolidation and LUKoil's upward trend will pull Russian companies back into the top 50 firms of the Financial Times Global 500, as only candidate Gazprom crashed out extravagantly this year by losing 26 places and ending up 57th due to the quickly changing European market. To add salt to the wound, Gazprom is now sandwiched between Walt Disney and McDonald's. Finally, it is ...
... economy is overly dependent upon natural wealth, but our main European market is quickly becoming less accessible raising the ... ... Energy Policy journal article on which this post builds upon: "Oil & Natural Gas in Russia's Eastern Energy Strategy: ... ... isolated by taiga or encircled by canyons – these are not Gazprom friendly areas due to a lack of piping expertise. Besides ... ... into to resolve some of the issues. Also, TNK-BP acquisition by Rosneft naturally resolves some of the long-lasting disputes. As ...
... which was run by Vedomosti Business Daily, but unfortunately due to the deal between Rosneft and TNK-BP, he could not go. During Xi's visit, it seemed that oil was clearly a more appealing energy source, as it is less politicised and China's... ... negotiations occured in the background outside public eye. Victor Zubkov, Chairman of Gazprom, issued a statement that a deal is due to be finalised in June (See: InterfaxEnergy)... ... serious concern (See: InterFax Energy). Additionally, Russia was unable to play-off Europe against China, due to the latters pressure. Russia hoped to supply both markets...