Turkey Bargains Hard on Gas Pipeline 4 juin 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, Turkish Stream
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The Moscow Times (Russia) June 4, 2015, p. 6
Reuters, Moscow/Ankara
Russia’s Gazprom plans to start building a pipeline to Turkey this month to get gas to Europe without going through Ukraine, company sources said, although it has no firm agreement with Ankara and faces opposition from the European Union. (suite…)
Repercussions of Turkish Stream for the Southern Gas Corridor: Russia’s New Gas Strategy 29 avril 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Caspian Center for Energy and Environment, CCEE Policy Brief, gas pipeline, Ilgar Gurbanov, South Stream, TANAP, Turkish Stream
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CCEE Policy Brief Series, No. 15, April 2015
Caspian Center for Energy and Environment (CCEE)
By Ilgar Gurbanov *
On December 1 2014, during his official visit to Turkey, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of South Stream, blaming the EU for its “unconstructive” position. (suite…)
Ankara Playing Down Turkish Stream Hopes 12 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, South Stream
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The Moscow Times (Russia) March 12, 2015, p. 5
Reuters (Ankara)
Turkish concern about too much dependence on Russian energy and an upcoming election mean Russia’s plans for a new gas pipeline to southeastern Europe are unlikely to advance as quickly as Moscow might like, Turkish energy officials said Wednesday. (suite…)
Turkey Is Central to the Russia-Europe Energy Standoff 10 mars 2015
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Stratfor (USA) March 10, 2015
Media Center, Image
The crisis in Ukraine, and in particular Russia’s cancellation of the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, has had substantial ripple effects on the energy dynamics on the European continent. (suite…)
Turkey keen to take advantage of renewed hunger for energy 9 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, South Stream, Turkish Stream
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The Irish Times (Ireland) Monday, February 9, 2015, p. 3
Stephen Starr
Turkey has emerged as the key country from where to transit eastern gas to western Europe as Ukraine remains unstable. (suite…)
Analysis: Russia-Turkey-Gas 9 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, South Stream, Turkish Stream, Ukraine
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Itar-Tass (Russia) Monday, February 9, 2015
Lyudmila Alexandrova, Moscow
Russian experts believe that the just-unveiled plan for laying a Turkish Stream gas pipeline is both timely and feasible. After 2019 there will be no other sound alternative for transiting Russian gas to Europe. (suite…)
EU Official Raps Russia Gas Plan 23 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Maros Sefcovic, South Stream
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) Friday-Sunday, January 23-25, 2015, p. 8
By Stephen Fidler in Davos, Switzerland, and Gabriele Steinhauser in Brussels
Maros Sefcovic Says a Pipeline From Russia Through Turkey Wouldn’t Have Enough Demand. (suite…)
South Stream Alternative Seen as Paper Tiger 22 janvier 2015
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The Moscow Times (Russia) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. 1
By Alexander Panin
Although officials in Moscow have trumpeted the cancellation of the South Stream natural gas pipeline as a major blow to Europe, energy analysts say that Russia’s alternatives are tenuous at best. (suite…)
Russia Presses Ahead With Plan for Gas Pipeline to Turkey 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas pipeline, Gazprom, South Stream
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The New York Times (USA) Thursday, January 22, 2015, p. B1
Stanley Reed reported from London and Sebnem Arsu from Istanbul.
London – President Vladimir V. Putin surprised the world in December when he aborted long-laid plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe, saying Russia would run pipes to Turkey instead. (suite…)
Does the cancellation of South Stream signal a fundamental reorientation of Russian gas export policy? 22 janvier 2015
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: gas, gas pipeline, Jonathan Stern, Katja Yafimava, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Simon Pirani, South Stream
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Oxford Energy Comment (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies) January 2015
By Jonathan Stern, Simon Pirani, Katja Yafimava *
The cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline across the Black Sea may signal a fundamental reorientation of Russian gas export policy. (suite…)
Russia, Turkey pivot across Eurasia 9 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: China, Eurasia, gas pipeline, South Stream, Vladimir Putin
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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) Dec 8, 2014
By Pepe Escobar *
The latest, spectacular « Exit South Stream, Enter Turk Stream » Pipelinistan gambit will be sending big geopolitical shockwaves all across Eurasia for quite some time. This is what the New Great Game in Eurasia is all about. (suite…)
Politics: Russia-Turkey-Partner 3 décembre 2014
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Itar-Tass (Russia)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Moscow
Russia considers Turkey a reliable partner capable of making independent decisions, the Russian Federation’s permanent representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said Wednesday on Rossiya 24 TV channel. (suite…)
Putin and Erdogan: Partnership of convenience? 2 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Dimitar Bechev, gas pipeline, Gazprom, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, South Stream, TANAP, Vladimir Putin
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Al Jazeera (Qatar) December 2, 2014
Dimitar Bechev *
Hard-nosed pragmatism continues to govern relations between Russia and Turkey. (suite…)
Greece and the energy geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean 18 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, gas pipeline, geopolitics, Greece, Israël, LSE IDEAS, Theodoros Tsakiris
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LSE IDEAS – Strategic Updates, SU14.1., June 2014
London School of Economics and Political Science
Theodoros Tsakiris *
Energy cooperation that would alleviate EU gas dependence on Russian imports and (prospectively) Turkish transit could constitute such a core interest not only for Israel, Cyprus and Greece but for several leading EU member states with important interests in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Italy and more importantly France and Britain. (suite…)
Realization of Turkey’s Energy Aspirations: Pipe Dreams or Real Projects? 25 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Gareth Winrow, gas pipeline, natural gas, The Brookings Institution, Turkey Project Policy Paper Series
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Turkey Project Policy Paper (The Brookings Institution) No. 4, April 2014
Turkey Project Policy Paper Series
By Gareth Winrow *
Geopolitics in Turkey’s neighborhood are rapidly changing. But for Turkey, these changes much be viewed through the lens of their growing need for energy. Gareth Winrow examines the goals and aims of Turkey’s energy policy and the prospects for Turkey becoming a gas-transit state and gas-trading hub. (suite…)
Azeri gas pipeline pushes boundaries in Europe 2 janvier 2014
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est.Tags: Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, gas, gas pipeline, TANAP
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Financial Times (USA Ed) January 2, 2014, p. 14
By Guy Chazan
Shah Deniz field. Focus switches from the meagre production volumes to the project’s potential reach, writes Guy Chazan. (suite…)
Thinking Beyond TAP: Turkey’s Role in the Southern Energy Corridor 1 décembre 2013
Posted by Acturca in Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Cyprus, Fatih Özgür Yeni, gas pipeline, Iraq, Israël, Istituto Affari Internazionali
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IAI Working Papers (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No.1332, 29 Nov 2013,14 p.
by Fatih Özgür Yeni *
Energy security is one of the hot topics on the European energy agenda. The EU’s Southern Energy Corridor initiative is an attempt to reduce dependence on Russian supplies by tapping into Caspian and Middle-Eastern natural gas resources. (suite…)
What Is So Special About Russian–Turkish Economic Relations 25 mars 2013
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: bilateral relations, Bulgaria, economy, energy, foreign policy, gas pipeline, Nabucco, Natalia Ulchenko, Romania, Russia, Russian Analytical Digest, South Stream, Turkey
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Russian Analytical Digest (RAD), No.125, 25 March 2013, pages 5-10
Russia’s Relations with Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania
By Natalia Ulchenko *, Moscow
This article analyses contemporary Russian–Turkish economic relations. It considers the problems that the two sides are faced with, in spite of their steadily increasing bilateral trade volume and investment flows (suite…)
Pipeline offers security with demand for energy growing 22 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Azerbaijan, gas pipeline, TANAP, Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project, Turkey
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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, November 22, 2012, p. 2
Special Report: Investing in Turkey
By David O’Byrne
TANAP Joint venture with Azerbaijan will secure supplies for EU, writes David O’Byrne. (suite…)
Linking the Caspian to Europe: Repercussions of the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline 31 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, EU, Fevzi Bilgin, gas pipeline, Michael J. G. Cain, Rethink Institute, Rovshan Ibrahimov, TANAP, Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project, Turkey
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Rethink Paper (Rethink Institute) No. 6, October 2012
Michael J. G. Cain, Rovshan Ibrahimov, Fevzi Bilgin *
The intergovernmental agreement recently signed between the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey begins the next phase of the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline project (TANAP). (suite…)