The China-russia Gas Deal
The China-russia Gas Deal

Author: Iacob Koch-Weser

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-07-02

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781500380304

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On May 21 [2014], China signed a 30-year, $400 billion gas supply deal with Russia. The agreement concluded a decade of protracted negotiations, and coincided with an escalation of the Ukraine crisis in Europe. This paper examines the conditions, motives, and implications of the deal. It begins by looking at China's energy needs and gas import strategy, as well as Russia's Asia pivot. It then analyzes the key points of contention – the price, shipping route, and payment and investment conditions – and whether or not these were resolved in China's favor. Section 3 places the deal in the context of Sino-Russian relations, in terms of geopolitics, economic ties, and a maturing energy partnership. The paper closes with implications for the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia
Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

Author: Alexandros Petersen

Publisher: Centre for European Reform

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1907617019

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Russia is the world's biggest hydrocarbon producer. China is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing energy markets. The two are neighbours. Yet their energy relationship is very thin. Instead, they compete for vast and largely unexplored Central Asian resources. As Kazakh oil and Turkmen gas start flowing to China, Russia's traditional dominance in the region is diminishing. However, the Central Asian states are not passive pawns in a new 'great game'. The EU and the US can help these countries to turn the new energy geopolitics to their advantage.

In Search of Good Energy Policy
In Search of Good Energy Policy

Author: Marc Ozawa

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-06-20

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1108481167

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Offers an innovative look at why science and technology cannot alone meet the needs of energy policy making in the future.

Russo-Chinese Energy Relations
Russo-Chinese Energy Relations

Author: Stephen Blank

Publisher: GMB Publishing Ltd

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1905050445

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This report makes the point that in both Russia and China it is politics ââ¬" and not market or commercial considerations ââ¬" that largely drive energy relationships with each other and the outside world.à For both countries, energy and energy security is regarded as a strategic asset and/or objective that are at risk from outside forces.à The conditions that each state has attached to their energy policies ironically preclude the kind of easy cooperation seen in other strategic and political issues between Moscow and Beijing. In both Central and Northeast Asia, Russia has blocked Chinese efforts to realize its version of energy security, yet it has not been able to come up either with the resources or means for a coherent policy of supplying China with reliable quantities of energy that would lead China away from non-Russian producers.à The under-fulfilment of the potential for Russia to supply China will continue and continue as well to be a source of strain in their relationship.

Russian and CIS Gas Markets and Their Impact on Europe
Russian and CIS Gas Markets and Their Impact on Europe

Author: Simon Pirani

Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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This book provides an overview of the gas industry and markets in the CIS. This region's strategic importance as one of the largest gas producers has largely been ignored- with the exception of Russia. The book is comprised of 10 country chapters, covering production, decision-making and regulation, domestic market reform, and trade issues.