Private investors are considering several large-scale oil and gas production, pipeline, and cross-border pipeline projects in developing countries, including in West Africa and in the Caspian Sea region. While the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are well known for their work in...

Steadily increasing demand for water poses a threat to sustainable development, and an increasing number of regions are chronically short of water. Putting caps on water consumption, increasing water use efficiencies, and supporting improved sharing of water resources are now critical to...

Die Förderung sibirischen Erdgases und der Pipelinebau nach Europa waren das letzte industrielle Mammutprojekt der Sowjetunion – und zugleich eines ihrer erfolgreichsten Wirtschaftsprojekte. Der langfristige Erfolg zeigt sich bis heute im Export von Erdgas aus der Russischen Föderation. Auf...

Shale oil and gas have become important areas of petroleum exploration and development. Successful shale oil and gas exploration depends on the accurate evaluation of sweet spots, which are the commercial targets. This paper proposes a comprehensive new method for sweet spot evaluation based on...

As it is predicted that there will be a decrease in production at the oil and gas facilities that are currently operating, it becomes necessary to start developing new oil and gas fields. This results in changes to the state's policy regarding the participation of private companies in the...

Russia is one of the key players in the Arctic with ambitions to continue development its Arctic oil resources. Nowadays the only fully launched oil and gas offshore project in Russia is the platform Prirazlomnaya, a number of other projects are at the various stages of realization and their...