At crossroads. Current problems of Russia’s gas sector. OSW Studies Number 63 March 2017

Kardaś, Szymon (2017) At crossroads. Current problems of Russia’s gas sector. OSW Studies Number 63 March 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

From the Executive Summary. Gas production in Russia has been stagnating in recent years because of a significant decline in Gazprom’s output. The share of Russia’s largest gas company relative to total domestic production has also been shrinking systematically. The main causes of the weakening of Gazprom’s positioninRussia’s gasmarket concern, onthe onehand, the unfavourable situation in external markets (especially the decline in the volume of gas supplies to Ukraine), and on the other, declining gas consumption in Russia itself and rising competition from Russia’s socalled independent gas producers (Rosneft, Novatek). The fiscal policy towards the gas sector has also exacerbated these negative trends.

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