FNI project: Russian and Caspian Energy Developments and Their Implications for Norway and Norwegian Actors (RUSSCASP)

Home

About FNI

Research

FNI PROJECTS

Russian and Caspian Energy Developments and Their Implications for Norway and Norwegian Actors (RUSSCASP)

This research programme will expand the understanding of the long-term outlook for three issue clusters of strategic relevance for Norway:
1. Russia and the Caspian region as arenas for foreign energy companies.
2. Driving forces and conditions for Russian and Caspian energy exports.
3. Energy developments in the High North.

These issues will be revisited repeatedly throughout the programme. But to understand and forecast developments in these issues we need to address more fundamental tendencies. In our previous research, we have identified three recurrent energy themes in Russian and Caspian politics:
1. Control of the oil and gas industries and revenue streams.
2. Concern for the energy balance.
3. The link between energy and foreign policy.

These concerns, the way they will be addressed by Russia and the Caspian states, and the factors and driving forces that will influence their relative focus and interpretation, are at the centre of this programme.

The project is organized as a consortium with FNI, NUPI and Econ Pöyry as main partners.

RUSSCASP Website: www.fni.no/russcasp/

Project leader: Arild Moe

Project period: 2008-2012

Publications:

Moe, Arild and Valery Kryukov, 'Oil Exploration in Russia: Prospects for Reforming a Crucial Sector'. Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol 51, No 3, 2010, pp. 312-329.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'The State Oil Company SOCAR: A Microcosm of Azerbaijani Development?', Caucasus Analytical Digest, No 16, April 2010, pp. 5-8.

Moe, Arild, 'Shtokman – fortsatt interessant' ('Shtokman – Still of Interest'), Nordlys, 29.03.2010. In Norwegian.

Johansen, Roger, Russland - En elefant i glassmagasinet? Russiske gassrelasjoner med Ukraina ('Russia - an Elephant in the China Shop? Russian Gas Relations with Ukraine'). FNI Report 12/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 84 p. In Norwegian.

Moe, Arild, 'Sjtokman – hva skjer?' ('Shtokman – What is Happening?'), Nordlys, 24 July 2009. In Norwegian.

Moe, Arild and Elana Wilson Rowe, 'Northern Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Policy Challenges and Approaches'. In Wilson Rowe, Elana (ed), Russia and the North. Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 2009, pp. 107-128.

Johansen, Roger, 'Russland med Gazprom i hånd' ('Gazprom as a Political Weapon?'), Nordlys, 28 May 2009. In Norwegian.

Arild Moe and Elana Wilson Rowe, Northern Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Russian Policy Challenges and Approaches. RUSSCASP Working Paper, June 2008, 21 p.

Arild Moe, Status of Legislation for Foreign Investment in the Russian Petroleum Sector and on the Continental Shelf. RUSSCASP Research Note, 22 April 2008.

Moe, Arild, 'Think of Russia as an asset, not a risk', Parliamentary Brief, Vol 11, No 12, 22 July 2008.

Many more publications on the RUSSCASP Website

Top