The ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for its upcoming issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: We accept various types of submissions: […]
The ENERPO Journal team is happy to announce that the 2022 edition is now available online! The current edition features eight contributions, including peer-reviewed research articles (analysis), op-eds (viewpoints), a book review of the Russian-language monograph titled The Era of Great Upheaval: Energy Factor during the Last Decades of the Cold War by Olga Skorokhodova, […]
My name is Irina Mironova, and I am the Associate Director of “Energy Politics and Energy Transition in Eurasia” (ENERPO). Our program has been taught since 2012, and this year as we run the 11th enrollment cycle, we have added a new dimension on energy transition. The field of energy transition offers bright prospects for […]
The ENERPO Journal Editorial Team is announcing a call to expand our peer-reviewer database. If you are interested in volunteering as a peer-reviewer, please send your preferred email address, current position and research interests to drice@eu.spb.ru and cc oshchepkova.anastasiya@gmail.com. We consider this as an excellent opportunity for researchers wishing to develop their editing skills and to establish […]
The ENERPO Journal team is happy to announce that we have obtained the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)! The International Standard Serial Number is an internationally recognized identification number for serial publications. Beyond its role of identifying titles, the ISSN is an essential daily tool for all serial publication professionals: electronic archiving, cataloguing, distribution, subscriptions and […]
The ENERPO Journal Editorial Team is launching a call to expand our peer-reviewer database. If you would be interested in volunteering as a peer-reviewer, please send your preferred email address, current position and research interests to drice@eu.spb.ru and cc oshchepkova.anastasiya@gmail.com. Serving as a peer-reviewer not only helps authors know how to improve their work but supports the advancement […]
The ENERPO Journal team is happy to announce that the 2021 edition is now available! The current edition features eight contributions, including peer-reviewed research articles (analysis), op-eds (viewpoints) and an interview with renowned Russian energy expert Dr Mikhail Krutikhin. EUSP’s ENERPO Center scholars Dr Nikita A Lomagin, Dr Maxim A Titov and Mikhail A Oshchepkov […]
The ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for its upcoming issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as Energy efficiency and green economy; Analysis […]
The ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for its upcoming issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: Energy efficiency and green economy; Analysis […]
Over this past year, the ENERPO Journal Editorial Team has been working to restructure the journal into a double-blind peer-review publication. Our aim is to eventually have the journal indexed. As we relaunch the journal in this new format, we are looking to expand our peer-reviewer database. If you would be interested in volunteering as a peer-reviewer, please send […]
The ENERPO Journal team is happy to announce the first edition of the year! A printed edition is available on request. The current edition features five articles with topics ranging from German-Russian energy relations to China’s demand impact on Eurasia gas pricing to weaponised interdependence in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Other featured articles cover […]
The ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for its upcoming issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: Energy efficiency and green economy; Analysis […]
ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for the September 2019 issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: Energy efficiency and green economy; Analysis […]
The ENERPO Journal team is happy to announce the first edition of the year! A printed edition is available on request. The current edition features six articles, topics ranging from the COP 24 to the effect of oil price shocks. Other featured articles cover the topics of wind energy project as seen through sustainable investors, […]
Professor François Lévêque from Mines-ParisTech led the latest workshop organized by the ENERPO Research Center at the European University at St. Petersburg. Lévêque gave a lecture on natural gas competition in Europe, and highlighted two main issues: firstly, Gazprom is currently experiencing pressure from the entry of new players into the European gas market. This […]
ENERPO Journal announces its call for papers for the March 2019 issue! The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: Energy efficiency and green economy; Analysis […]
Book Review. Renewable Energy Sources in the Isolated Communities of the Russian Arctic (Возобновляемые источники энергии в изолированных населенных пунктах Российской Арктики). Authors: Berdin, V. H., Kokorin A.O., Yulkin, G.M., Yulkin, M.A. (Бердин В.Х., Кокорин А.О., Юлкин Г.М., Юлкин М.А.). Publisher: WWF, 2017. 80 pp. By Hilma Salonen Far-flung, sparsely populated settlements of the Russian […]
By Alan Mamatov. Abstract: Starting from the second half of the 20th century, many researchers have focused their attention on the increasing influence of oil price shocks on global economic performance. However, the current stock of empirical literature significantly lacks research on developing oil importing economies from the post-Soviet region. The purpose of this paper is […]
The transportation sector is an essential part of any supply chain. During their studies, students of energy politics often focus ether on upstream or downstream, but omitting the midstream sector is indeed a pity. In this interview with Pierre Jouvellier, ENERPO Graduate (2016) we discuss the new developments in the sector of oil transportation and perspectives of innovations that can reshape the architecture of the oil business.
ENERPO Journal announces call for papers for October and December issues of 2017. The Journal accepts articles written in English on the subjects of energy security, energy economics, energy policy and the role of various fuels in the energy system. More specifically, the Journal seeks to cover topics such as: Analysis of regional markets for […]
by Gulnoza Khodizoda Abstract This paper’s main focus is to give an overview of the current potential of solar energy utilization through the use of solar power plants and the applicability of this to lower income countries, with a case study on Tajikistan. We will discuss two main types of solar power plants: Concentrated Solar Power […]
by Glenda Pavon-Suriel Abstract Development of hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic shelf is a topic of increasing interest. This is in light of the effects of climate change in the region and recent findings of enormous resource potential. The combination of the environmental implications of resource extraction in the Arctic with the demand for natural […]
By Alberto Perego Eni, the Italian energy company, was created in 1953. The founding head of the company was Enrico Mattei – he was told to decommission and dismantle WWII’s reserves and instead created an oil and gas giant. The Italian company (in fact, the most ‘Italian’ company in the energy sector), although hailing from […]
By Alexander Geysman This week’s review looks mostly at developments of natural gas markets globally and electricity markets in Europe as a by-product with news from Israel, France, Qatar, Ukraine and Even Australia. Also the newest acquisitions of Exxon may be somewhat interesting. Let’s take a look. Natural Gas Figure 1. Proposed Israel-Cyprus_Greece_Italy pipeline. Source: […]
By Alexander Geysman This week’s review, last in the season, takes us almost on every continent with stories about Middle Eastern oil, politics and electricity, Gazprom deals, China’s ambitions, LNG innovation and US problems. Let’s take a look. Topic 1: Middle East As usual, the Middle East was the number one topic for our weekly […]
By Timothy Abraham. This week’s review looks at the situation in exploration and production under low oil prices; developments in the Middle East; coal power updates from China and India.
by Sophie Nguebana This week’s review looks at China and Saudi Arabia’s strengthening cooperation in the energy sphere, Gazprom Neft’s first steps in fracking, Hyundai Engineering’s investment in Iran and Total’s production start at Congo’s Moho Nord oil field. China and Saudi Arabia Strengthen their relations Saudi Arabian King Salman visited China, a key stop in […]
By Daniel Tsvetanov Gazprom’s subsidiary South Stream Transport B.V. and the Swiss-based company Allseas Group S.A. signed a contract to build the second string of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline’s offshore section.[1] The deal was signed on 21 February, 2017, in Amsterdam; it complements the previous agreement of building the first string of Turkish Stream […]
By Elisabeth Nguebana. This week’s review looks at Shell’s sale of assets in Canadian Oil Sands; Rosneft’s partnership with David Yakobashvili; and Eni’s acquisition in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
By Sophie Nguebana On February 21, 2017, UK has imported its first LNG cargo from the American continent: Peru LNG’s tanker called Gallina brought some 60 thousand tonnes of LNG. The price of this delivery was linked to the UK’s National Balancing Point. The tanker came from Peru via the Panama Canal, which was recently […]
By Alexander Geysman This week’s review looks at how European oil majors are cutting costs and selling their assets in sub-Saharan Africa, while the US oil sector is booming. Some topics never disappear from our discussions here at ENERPO, so we touch upon the Russian developments as well. European Majors in downturn French oil group […]
by Alberto Perego Italy is the only G8 member that doesn’t use nuclear power plants for electricity generation. Germany is on the way of phasing out nuclear, and some other countries in Europe and beyond are considering following Germany’s example. Italy stopped its NPPs a while ago. In this article, I would like to look […]
by Sophie Nguebana This week’s review looks at the Gazprom and Rosneft dispute over gas deliveries, Exxon’s cuts in its reported reserves, Rosneft’s cooperation with the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Libya, and finally the Aramco IPO which could push other gulf states to list oil assets. Gazprom and Rosneft dispute over gas deliveries Rosneft […]
by Elisabeth Nguebana This week’s issue looks at the North Stream 2 disagreement, the Donbass Blockade, and South Korean refiner SK purchase of Russian Urals crude for the 1st time in a decade. Gazprom’s pipeline ambition faces test in European courts Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 project faces a test in European courts, as Poland, the main […]
by Timothy Abraham – Photo by Jerry Mathes II This week’s review looks at OPEC’s efforts in cutting oil production with a particular focus on Venezuela and financial, legal and practical developments in the European energy market. OIL OUTPUT, OPEC AND BEYOND OPEC beats oil output cut expectations, according to the International Energy Agency. The November […]
by Alberto Perego – Photo by Jerry Mathes II The first week of February saw the figure of the new US president Donald Trump inhabiting the background of many energy-related events. From his harder line on Iran to his links with top figures in oil and gas companies and his yet unclear position on renewables, […]
by Daniel Tsvetanov Photo by Jerry Mathes II Gazprom plans to expand its presence on the European gas market with the realization of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, aiming to deliver 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas per year across the Baltic Sea to Germany, bypassing Ukraine. This project became a top priority […]
Welcome to the Spring semester 2017 with the ENERPO team! Every week we will bring you up to date with global news in energy. This issue looks at OPEC’s efforts in curbing oversupply in the global oil market (and how those efforts work for US shale drillers); changes in the European natural gas market; Russia’s […]
by Sophie Nguebana, Elisabeth Nguebana, Patrick Osborne, Alexander Geysman, Alberto Perego, Irina Mironova UN Climate Talks in Marrakesh The Conference of Parties, COP22 took place in Marrakesh. The participants of the meeting have discussed the way forward after Paris. At the same time, a group of climate-sceptics has gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the […]
by Glenda Pavon Image by Trevor Brine The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) would connect the Bakken with major markets in Illinois. The proposed path is almost 2,000km through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. In the case of Bakken crude, the DAPL is very much needed for transport. Bakken crude is volatile, which has led […]
by Elisabeth Nguebana Photo by Jerry D. Mathes III The question of reliability of infrastructure remains at the center of security of supply. Critical infrastructure is essential for the functioning of a society and economy, in includes power plants, oil refineries and pipelines. Measures are undertaken in order to protect this infrastructure. This is called […]
Photo by Jerry D Mathes III by Sophie Nguebana, Elisabeth Nguebana, Glenda Pavon, Alexander Geysman, Daniel Tsvetanov Oil Companies Book Tankers to Store Oil in Amount Unseen in 4 Years Shipping operators report that oil companies requested up to 9 million barrel storage capacities in supertankers. That hasn’t been seen in 4 and a half years. […]
by Sophie Nguebana Royal Dutch Shell, whose revenue is estimated at $419.4 billion USD, is Europe’s largest oil company and one of the biggest unconventional E&P companies. Indeed, Shell has invested at least $24 billion in unconventional oil and gas in North America. Yet, on October 21, the company sold some of its Canadian non-core oil […]
By Alexander Geysman Over the past several years we have heard a lot of news regarding the People’s Republic of China’s efforts in nuclear energy development, and individually they may seem quite praiseworthy, but altogether they form a stunning picture. According to the IEA, since 2012 China’s installed power capacity is the largest in the […]
By Bogdan Polishchuk In many ways, the Ukrainian crisis is a fascinating case study in energy politics. Constant negotiating spats between itself and its primary supplier of energy, Russia, have racked the country. The disagreements are both political and economic, and go back long before the annexation of Crimea and the civil war in the […]
by Elisabeth Nguebana, Kelsey Zimmerman, Patrick Osborne, Alberto Perego, Alexander Geysman Paris Agreement Enters into Force The Paris Agreement, which was negotiated at COP 21 last year, entered into force on November 4, as more than 100 countries, responsible for over 73% of global emissions, ratified it. The decisive act was put forward by the EU […]
By Alberto Perego Nuclear fusion is what powers the sun and the stars. It is often seen as a thing of the future, partially enveloped in a cloud of dreams and science fiction. However, it is quite reassuring that experiments concerning this powerful energy source are being conducted in a top tech lab at MIT […]
by Elisabeth Nguebana Photo: Rosneft President, Igor Sechin, and Essar Chairman, Shashi Ruia, both gain as the Russian company gains Indian retail customers and Essar gets to pare debt. File photo: R.V. Moorthy Rosneft, the Russian energy giant, has its eyes on the Indian oil products market. To increase its presence in the Indian market, the company […]
by Sophie Nhuebana, Timothy Abraham, Elisabeth Nguebana, Glenda Pavon, Alberto Perego, Bogdan Polishchuk, Patrick Osborne Photo by Jerry D. Mathes III Russia Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts Russia is preparing to slash government spending across the board over the next three years as it struggles to bring down the budget deficit because of lower oil […]
Gas hydrates could open up a new fuel source for import-dependent countries like Japan. Exploration of new opportunities is already underway, but comes with caveats. ENERPO student Aaron Wood reports.
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