Antitrust

Energy News Roundup: EU-Kremlin Tension Escalates

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St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Europe will require considerable volumes of Russian natural gas for the foreseeable future, but EU members are increasingly unhappy with paying oil-linked prices for the fuel. In the latest attempt at loosening the old Soviet energy yolk from Central and Eastern Europe, EU regulators yesterday filed an antitrust suit against Gazprom that could total $15… Keep reading →

 /  Published October 4, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Gazprom Plans a Very Special Calendar

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Russia's Gas Monopoly Gazprom Headquarters

Energy companies tend to go to great lengths to deflect or avoid negative attention. That’s what makes this Gazprom campaign so, um, surprising. Gazprom Arctic sent out a tweet today – the same day news broke that the EU is going to charge the gas giant in an antitrust case – with a picture attached. The… Keep reading →

 /  Published October 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM