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At a time when political relations between Russia and the West are being challenged, the issues around energy cooperation between the East and the West have been making news headlines, being increasingly pushed from the realm of business to that of geopolitics. For the community of energy professionals who have been fostering strong business relations between Russia and the EU over the last 25 years, it has been difficult to see politics so g...

The Oil & Gas industry has been remarkably stable throughout its 150 or so years of existence. While the technologies applied to finding, developing and processing the products that are the core of the industry have indeed changed substantially, the core products themselves have never been seriously challenged by outsiders, by new solutions for humanity’s energy need. Coal, crude oil and natural gas have remained king, today providing 82% of...

You can choose any market as long as it is Europe In 2014-2015 Russian gas industry found itself in a completely new, quite unfavorable environment, which can be described as a real 'Perfect Storm': increased competition and demand stagnation has led to an oversupplied domestic market, while frozen regulated prices, rising non-payment and rouble depreciation have further undermined its attractiveness. With weak demand and unfavorable regulat...

2035 Energy Investment Needs – the cornerstone of Global Energy Security and Climate Challenge. The latest steep fall in oil prices opened a new chapter for the development of global energy markets. Although it is not the first time we witness the oil price cycle, the one we are seeing today is of a different nature compared to its predecessors. If the oil price rise in 1970s was driven by demand and the fall of 2008 by supply, the fall o...

As the COP 21 in Paris approaches, this is probably one of the most fruitful moments for action against climate change, but it is not without contradictions. On the one hand, the US have signed one of the most historic deals with China for capping their emissions. On the other, two of the most prominent Republican candidates struggle to accept the issue: one, Jeb Bush, belongs to the same family who significantly contributed to the failure of ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been advising countries around the world to increase tax revenues from their “largest taxpayers”. It has recommended closer monitoring of the tax affairs of large corporations and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI), to reduce tax avoidance and evasion, and also raising taxes specifically for these categories of tax payers. The major players in the oil industry are not kno...

Regulations must keep up with the increasing speed of innovation in the transition to decentralised renewable energy, agreed experts from business, politics and academia at a fully-powered Erasmus Energy Forum in June. Speakers at the event organised by Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University highlighted the need for governments and industries to make way for innovation – and for a multi-faceted approach from all stakeholders. C...

The economic and social hardships of the past years of crisis, as well as the recent political changes in Greece have undoubtedly been under the spotlight in Europe and beyond. While the opinions regarding both the causes and solutions to the economic challenges faced by the country vary, one thing is certain: the publicity around the Greek crisis proved to have a strong impact on country’s image vis-à-vis the international business communi...

In light of ongoing events in Greece the Greek Energy Forum, a network of Greek energy professionals, has issued an open letter to the Prime Minister of Greece and the relevant Ministers with a set of strategic priorities in the field of energy in the country, identified by the industry experts. The GEF remains open for cooperation with the current Greek Government in pursue of a better energy future for Greece and the European Union. The Gr...

What does it take to create a platform for global energy governance in the 21st century? It takes a quarter–of–a–century long experience of an international organisation focusing on the field of energy and providing a unique legal framework for securing and protecting energy investments and conducting preparatory consultations. It also takes the process of holding negotiations with more than 80 countries across the globe in the spirit of...