EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 46, March 2015

A Snapshot of Key Developments in the External Relations of the Russian Gas Sector
By Dr Jack Sharples, EGF Associate Researcher on the external dimensions of Russian gas and Lecturer in Energy Politics at the European University of St Petersburg

• Gazprom and the EU: European leaders agree on "greater transparency" in the EU gas market, but confidentiality of commercial contracts to remain
• Turkish Stream: Gazprom implements agreement to buy out its European partners in South Stream; Gazprom waiting for permission to begin survey work on Turkish Stream as Ankara presses for further concessions
• Ukraine: Gazprom and Naftogaz extend the "winter package" to cover Q2 2015
• Belarus: Belarus to play a role in Gazprom"s import substitution programme
• China: Gazprom could postpone the "Power of Siberia" pipeline project and shift focus to the "Altai pipeline" as a means of delivering gas to China; Stroytransgaz awarded contract for laying first 200km of "Power of Siberia"