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Last update: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)
The aim of the course is to explore the problems of oil and gas extraction and trading in the area of the Post-Soviet space in its broadness and various perspectives, political, economic and also technical. We will try to seek systemic explanations, critically evaluate short and long term trends. What is the impact of new technologies on the post-Soviet space? Why it is so hard to predict future developments even if we possess advanced analytical tools? What is the role of Russian energy companies? Is China a game-changer? What is the role of the European Union? The choice of the readings will be subjected to the changing nature of the energy sphere. Although the papers are placed in the SIS, they might change with the changing situation. Therefore, please, be careful to check the valid paper for each of the classes. I will try to keep the readings up to date as possible. Students should not expect that they will become energy specialists. After finishing this course, students should be able to understand the developments in the oil and gas markets, the problems of negotiations, policy choices. In a broader sense, students should understand also the role of energy affairs in the political relations in the post-Soviet area. |
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Last update: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)
General (mandatory) Smil, Vaclav, Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century, John Wiley and Sons, 2015 Nersesian, Roy E., Energy for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide to Conventional and Alternative Sources (Armonk: M.E.Sharpe, 2010)
Region related (additional) Pirani, Simon (ed.) Russian and CIS Gas Markets and their Impact on Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). Gomart, Thomas a Adrian Dellecker. Russian energy security and foreign policy. New York: Routledge, 2011 Overland, Indra, Kjærnet, Heidi a Kendall-Taylor, Andrea. Caspian energy politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Milton Park: Routledge, c2010 Sixsmith, Martin. Putin's oil: the Yukos affair and the struggle for Russia [online]. New York: Continuum, 2010 Aalto, Pami. The EU-Russian energy dialogue: Europe's future energy security. Aldershot: Ashgate, c2008 Godzimirski, Jakub M. Russian energy in a changing world: what is the outlook for the hydrocarbons superpower? [online]. 1 online resource (218 pages). Wyciszkiewicz, Ernest. Geopolitics of pipelines: energy interdependence and inter-state relations in the post-Soviet area. Warsaw: The Polish Institute of International Affairs, 2009
Journals: Neftegazovaya vertikal (in Russian) Petroleum Economist Oil and Gas Journal
Further readings: http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/ http://konoplyanik.ru/ru/publications/articles.html http://www.iaee.org/en/index.aspx http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/en
for more news, especially in relation to market developments, follow Bloomberg, Reuters and other general economic journals
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Last update: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. (06.02.2021)
UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus spread, our classes will be held via zoom at the time given in your schedule. Link: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99902100572?pwd=TGZhZURqcjF3QVJkOTdDeXVzOE1yZz09
Students are expected to read the papers and discuss the matters during the class. Please, follow the syllabus for up to date readings (some of them are provided via links, some by moodle). Please note, that the topic is highly current and we should reflect on the changes in the oil and gas business. All the papers should be submitted through moodle. Any remarks or questions are welcomed! Presentations:
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Last update: Mgr. Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. (02.02.2021)
Reading and discussion will be an essential part of our work. Students should be able to formulate their thoughts based on the reading. The papers will be placed in the SIS, some of them via links directly to the document. Each student should have an oral presentation (approx. 15 minutes long), on an agreed topic. The presentation should bring the author's view on a specific problem. UPDATE - Due to coronacrisis situation, the final exam will be placed in moodle. Questions will be based on readings, slides and class discussions - asking about explanations, understandings. |
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Last update: Mgr. Ondřej Svoboda, Ph.D. (06.03.2014)
1. February 20 Introduction to the course, presentations, readings 2. February 27 Energy basics, Oil, Gas, Electricity. Long-term contracts vs. spot markets, sorts of oil. Unconventional sources of gas, oil. a. Robert R. Nersesian, Energies for the 21st Century, 2nd edition, 2010, http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10425389, chapter 7. 3. March 6 Post soviet energies - past developments, general characteristics, oil and gas trading, energy efficiency, a. Vladimir Gelman, Introduction, in http://books.google.cz/books?id=s4p13RqFKZAC&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=oil+and+gas+post-soviet&source=bl&ots=JrU-wPcFbS&sig=TVqD2xF2z1dZGw6DGURErNeuhpA&hl=cs&sa=X&ei=unoFU5-EN4nxhQeR5IC4CQ&ved=0CH4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false b. Svoboda Karel, Business as Usual? Gazprom’s Pricing Policy in the CIS, Problems of Post-Communism 2011. 4. March 13 Main deposits - oil and gas, history of extraction, extraction costs. Shale gas in the post-Soviet space. 5. March 20 Pipelines - current and future projects, Nabucco, North Stream, South Stream, a. http://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/analysis-post-soviet-central-asias-oil-gas-pipeline-issues#.UwV9Bvl5OSo 6. March 27 Russia as an energy superpower? State-business relations in oil and gas, Gazprom, Yukos, Lukoil, Energy strategy, 7. April 3 Ukraine - specifics of Ukrainian energy sector, Relations with Russia, 2006 and 2009 crises. Prospects of other development a. George Mossessian Ukraine's Energy Policy under Kuchma and Dependence on Russia, https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~gmoss/hosted/Ukraine_paper.pdf 8. April 10 Belarus - special relations with Russia, crises, oil refineries, customs regime 9. April 17 Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) - China, Russia, EU quest for supplies. a. Simon Pirani, http://www.qclub.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/central-asian-and-caspian-gas-production-and-the-constraints-on-export.pdf 10. April 24 Caspian Sea area - Azerbaijan and Russian involvement a. Paul Kubicek, Energy politics and geopolitical competition in the Caspian Basin, Journal of Eurasian Studies 2013, issue 2, Pages 171-180 b. Mehdiyeva, Nazrin, Library of International Relations : Power Games in the Caucasus : Azerbaijan's Foreign and Energy Policy Towards the West, Russia and the Middle East (London: Tauris, 2011). Chapter 5. 11. May 15 Renewable energy in the CIS, unconventional gas, LNG projects 12. May 22 Future of oil and gas in the post - Soviet space
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