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How important are national companies for oil and gas sector per / Antolin, Maria Jose Paz; Cendrero, Juan Manuel Ramirez

Antolin, Maria Jose Paz	Journal Article
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2013.

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Control of natural resources, especially oil and gas, has been a major issue in the consideration of underdevelopment. In the present commodity boom, some Latin American economies are reforming their resource exploitation regimes, especially those issues linked with foreign capital share. The purpose of this report is to analyze these changes in the Bolivian and Brazilian oil and gas sectors in order to answer such questions as: Which property system combining public and private capital is the most suitable? Which regulating framework can guarantee a sustainable increase in output and investment? Our analyses lead to the conclusion that the regulatory framework can establish a particular ownership structure that is considered favorable for improving the performance of oil and gas sector, but the internal dynamics and the historical trajectories of enterprises will also be determining factors that interact with the given regulatory framework, generating mixed results.

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National Oil Companies ; International Oil Companies ; Regulatory Framework

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Russian and Caspian hydrocarbons: energy supply stakes for the European Union / Locatelli, Catherine

Locatelli, Catherine	Journal Article
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2010.

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The issue of EU gas supply security has become more and more important in the 2000s in the context of gas market liberalisation and the question of the reliability of Russia as a supplier. One answer to these problems is EU gas diversification, specifically the opening up of a fourth gas corridor to supply the EU with gas from Central Asia via the 'Caucasus' or 'southern' route. The feasibility of this strategy might now be called into question. This article reviews the new strategies that could emerge in the producing countries as well as those of international oil companies, and then examines what the consequences might be as far as the EU's diversification strategy is concerned. The article identifies some of the problems and limits of these strategies.

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Energy ; European Union ; Russia ; Caucasus ; Russian ; Caspian Hydrocarbons ;
Gas Market Liberalisation ; International Oil Companies

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