Russian and CIS Gas Markets and Their Impact on Europe

This book provides an overview of the gas industry and markets in the CIS. This region's strategic importance as one of the largest gas producers has largely been ignored- with the exception of Russia. The book is comprised of 10 country chapters, covering production, decision-making and regulation, domestic market reform, and trade issues.

1. Introduction ; 2. Russia: the gas balance to 2015 - a difficult decade ahead? ; 3. Ukraine: a gas dependent state ; 4. Belarus: the domestic gas market and relations with Russia ; 5. Moldova's gas sector ; 6. Azerbaijan: from gas importer to gas exporter ; 7. Armenia's gas markets ; 8. Georgia's gas sector ; 9. Turkmenistan: an exporter in transition ; 10. Kazakhstan's gas sector ; 11. Uzbekistan: an internally oriented producer ; 12. Systemic reform issues ; 13. Russia, the CIS and Europe: gas trade and transit ; 14. Conclusions