Implications of the Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline Alex Goeman alextgoeman@gmail.com MC 492‚ Graham 4/26/2012 Abstract The struggle over energy export routes in Central Asia has taken the form of a new Great Game‚ one in which Western energy companies (encouraged and assisted by their governments) compete with state owned Russian and Chinese firms for the right to exploit Central Asian resources. The implementation of the Turkmenistan-China Gas Pipeline‚ which began to
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Restriction * Low substitutes and low buyer power – Not many mainstream alternative sources of energy * Supplier power low – It’s a customer’s market‚ best bid wins contract The Competitors analysis identified: * Immediate Competitors - Gazprom and Lukoil * Impending Competitors - Rosneft * Invisible Competitors – Schtokman‚ Statoil Strategies identified: BP will benefit from maintaining access to the Russian resources and experiencing great stability by
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Bibliography: Gazprom Neft “US GAAP Financial and Operating Results for Third Quarter 2011”‚ November 8‚ 2011 Gazprom.com “Gas and Oil production” “Petrobras Business Plan”‚ Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. July 22‚ 2011 Brazil Market Plan “Why Brazil and Why Now?” Department
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From Dissolution to Disrepair On 25 December 1991‚ with the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev‚ the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that had dominated international world affairs crumbled into a morass of disarray and was dissolved. From the ashes of the old republic‚ the new Russian Federation was formed the very next day on 26 December 1991establishing a sovereign state. After the dissolution of the USSR‚ the mantle of leadership was passed to the Russian Federation’s first president
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Referring to examples‚ examine the issues when assessing global reserves of energy (15 marks) Global energy reserves refers to the quantity of energy sources known with reasonable certainty to exist and can be recovered with the current technology at an economically viable cost. Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of oil‚ but Russia has by far the largest gas reserves. However‚ assessing reserves and evaluating a true value as to how much there is left in the world is very difficult as different
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second largest crude oil producer Oil and gas revenues made up about 50% of russian budget revenues. Russian oil and gas industry was dominated by six large firms : Foreign investor (TNK-BP‚ Lukoil) and Goverment controlled (Gazprom‚ Rosneft‚ Surgutneftegaz and Tatneft). Gazprom was Russian largest company and the world’s largest gas production. Problems of oil industry in Russia : (1) Aging oil fields and poor maintenance‚ (2) a tax and regulatory regime that was increasingly viewed as confiscatory
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In this assignment‚ I am required to write an analysis of the main forces driving the market for any specific product of my choice. For me to successfully complete this task‚ I have to first pick a product‚ one that I am interested in‚ discuss the long term forces driving demand and supply‚ discuss the position of the main substitute products and producers‚ look at past data and explain what has occurred to change the price and finally will the producer be profitable in the future? I have chosen
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Chinese economy and‚ to a lesser extent‚ India‚ new actors are appearing every month on the world stage from countries emerging. Giants such as China’s Lenovo and Huawei‚ India’s Tata or Russia’s Gazprom are noticed incursions into territories previously reserved for Western firms. The Russian gas company Gazprom recently has become the first European company by market capitalization. They are Indian‚ Chinese‚ Brazilian or Mexican‚ some large companies no longer have the competitive advantage for one
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Ayup‚ mate! As Shakespeare said:"Brevity is soul of wit"‚ so I’ll try not to write too much)) As many Europeans know (thanks to Gazprom :) )‚Russia has an abundant supplies of oil and gas. But to my mind these dangerous and polluting energy sources belong to 20th century‚ not to 21th!!! So‚ I’d like to learn much more about the most advanced energy technologies at first hand. I learn anything new with a great pleasure ))) In St. Petersburg I’m studying applied mechanics and mathematical modeling
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Berge‚ Andrea MGMT 485W Spring 2013 Case Study: TNK-BP (Russia) INTRODUCTION “This case portrays the highly uncertain scenario facing BP in Russia at the end of 2007. In the midst of unraveling relations with its cooperative partner and undesirable host government practices‚ ideal strategic conditions are implausible. In order to maximize outcomes under such imperfect circumstances‚ BP ’s senior management needs to fully assess the situational risks‚ understand the dynamics and motivations
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