1

Energy – References

Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize:_The_Epic_Quest_for_Oil,_Money,_and_Power

Daniel Yergin - Is OPEC Really Still a Cartel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTo0x7Hcwmw

Counting the Cost - Why is OPEC refusing to cut oil production? \ Al Jazeera English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO53JZZSap4

OPEC 50 years later (2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xnH4xjZyQ

http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/

Cramer: OPEC in Big Trouble | CNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W9UCbfjiPg

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)

https://www.gecf.org/

The IEA – International Energy Agency

https://www.iea.org/
 2

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

http://www.eia.gov/

European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

The European Council

Council of the European Union

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/

EU – main site

https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en

The BP Statistical Review of World Energy

http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html

http://www.cnbc.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/

https://www.rosneft.com/

http://www.gazprom.com/

http://www.novatek.ru/en/
 3

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

http://www.ssrn.com/en/

Elon Musk on hydrogen fuel cell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNV8qi_rJBg

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (Stern)

https://www.oxfordenergy.org/

SKOLKOVO Energy Centre (SEneC)

https://common.skolkovo.ru/en/research-centres/

VYGON Consulting

http://vygon.consulting/en/

RusEnergy

http://www.rusenergy.com/en/

Carnegie endowment for international peace

http://carnegieendowment.org/

Six ways Trump’s energy plan just doesn’t hold up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLDAFONEuU
4
 5

Themes for written works:

1. Theory of a “resource curse”: main interpretations.

2. «Energy strategy of Russia up to 2030» as a document: weak and strong points.
3. Clientelism in Russian politics (energy sphere).
4. “The Yukos affair”: political context and consequences.
5. Competition for internal gas market inside Russia.
6. Competition for export gas projects in Russia.
7. Political support for the renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
8. Political support for the non-renewable energy resources.
9. “Energy super-power” concept: case of the USA.
10. “Energy super-power” concept: case of Russia.
11. “Energy super-power” concept: case of the Saudi Arabia.
12. Energy Strategy of Russia.
13. A natural (resource) rent concept: how a country’s policy could be explained.
14. The resource potential of Russia: opportunities of the Siberia and the Arctic shelf.
15. American Energy Strategy in Central Asia.
16. Turkmenistan as major energy player in Central Asia.
17. Kazakhstan as major energy players in Central Asia.
18. Uzbekistan as major energy players in Central Asia.
19. Specifics of the Chines energy strategy in Central Asia.
20. Germany as a key Russian energy partner in the EU.
21. Contemporary fight for Caspian energy resources.
22. Russian-Azerbaijani relations in the energy sector: competition and partnership.
23. Energy aspects and consequences of the “Arab revolutions” in North Africa and the Middle
East region.
24. The problem of the Iranian nuclear “dossier”.
25. Turkey's role as a future regional energy distributor.
26. OPEC's role in shaping the global energy situation.
6