Russian Involvement in Eastern Europe's Petroleum Industry
Subtitle: the Case of Bulgaria
Contributors: Rosner, Kevin
Series: Russian Foreign Energy Policy; Russian Foreign Energy Policy
Publisher: GMB Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 41
ISBN-13: 9781905050802
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Bulgaria
Description: This report answers questions such as: as one of the largest foreign acquisitions by a Russian company occurred in Bulgaria, what lessons are applicable to charting future Russian downstream takeovers? Why have Eastern Europe and Western FSU countries been the primary focus of Russian acquisitions? What drives LUKoil (and other Russian oil companies) to pursue acquisition of assets in these regions? Finally, what is the stance of the Russian government in terms of promoting such acquisitions abroad? This series of reports establishes for the first time the confluence of Russian foreign polic.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Executive summary; 1. Russian oil companies and international downstream petroleum; 2. LUKoil's leading role in foreign downstream acquisitions; 3. LUKoil's acquisition of the Neftochim refinery; 4. Russian involvement in Bulgaria's fuel market privatization; 5. Conclusions; Notes and references; 6. About the series: Russian foreign energy policy reports.