Oil policy in Russia toward selected new independent states
By: John J. Stevens III
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Description: Following the breakdown of the Soviet Union, one of the world's strongest oil producing industries was divided      into a few major oil provinces. The Russian energy industry has been adversely affected by this process. The      process of change to the former Soviet oil industry including: Russian efforts to maintain control of its former      resources, NIS resource development, Western capital investment, and environmental issues in the major oil      provinces of the former Soviet Union, is the main focus of this thesis. Free market world oil majors and their      counterparts, both in Russia and the New Independent States, have developed a number of significant alliances that      have resulted in several potentially lucrative joint ventures. The coercive tactics that the Russian government resorts      to in an effort to prevent its former republics from efficiently developing their reserves, and the position the United      States must take to ensure these efforts are stifled will be addressed. A sound grasp of these critical energy issues      by American policy makers will result in the development of these vast resources in a manner favorable to U. S.      national interests. This will provide security for our strategic reserves and offer a viable alternative to the Persian      Gulf resources far into the twenty-first century.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): M. Tsypkin..

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1996.

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