Foreign investment in the CIS region is back on the corporate agenda as project opportunities open up in Russia and beyond.
What does the Gulf spill mean for Russian offshore oil projects?
With the United States of America facing the worst oil spill in their history and BP being dragged over the coals by both the US Senate and environmental groups, CIS Oil and Gas looks at the potential for disaster with Russian offshore oil projects.
LNG the shipping fuel of the future?
Shipping and maritime trade is crucial to the world's economies and essential for many countries, but greenhouse gas emissions from worldwide shipping currently account for more than 3 percent of all annual global emissions. That is more than the entire UK economy, and it has seen an 85 percent rise since 1990.
The rivals to Russia's oil reserves
Europe has reserves of its own, so who are the rivals of Russia's oil reserves and why aren't they being exploited?
The difficulties facing Russian oil and gas companies
With exploration projects all over the world and many of their number being amongst the world's top producers, you would have thought things were at a high for Russian oil and gas companies. However, declining global oil prices and a decreased demand for raw materials has shaken the Russian economy and for the first time in a long while, Russian oil and gas companies are worried.
Europe's natural gas futures
Whether the EU likes to admit it or not, the continent is reliant on external energy supplies in order to power itself. Today, almost half of the EU's natural gas imports come from Russia along with 30 percent of its oil supplies and Russia is keen for this to continue. However certain European governments are less sure about being reliant on a sole supplier and have sought to break Russian dependency by diversifying the continent's energy suppliers, ensuring Europe's natural gas futures.