scholarly journals The role of raw materials for geopolitical competition

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
P. Pudło ◽  
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W. Skuza
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
International Security ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Financial Pressure ◽  
Literary Heritage ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

The article aims to present the most important issues of competition for raw materials, where different ideas of international trade are identified with political and financial pressure. The method of research used in the work is the analysis of literary heritage and historical facts that confirm or deny different theories. In particular, the theories of T. Malthus, neo-Malthusians and their opponents, as well as the struggle for oil and gas resources in the Middle East, the Arctic and the struggle for water resources in Central Asia were analyzed. In recent years, raw materials have become an instrument of international security. It is the struggle for sources of raw materials that is one of the decisive factors in world stability. Trade in resources should be the focus of regular observations to ensure geopolitical stability

scholarly journals Russian oil and gas industry as a sphere of international interests and economic cooperation

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyubov Vasilievna Larchenko ◽  
Roman Aleksandrovich Kolesnikov ◽  
Liliya Mukhametova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

Russia’s oil and gas resources fall within the sphere of interests of Western European and a number of Asian countries, mainly China, for which a stable supply of the economy with hydrocarbon raw materials is the most important factor in the development of the economy. At the same time, the vast majority of resources are located in the North and the Arctic zone of Russia. Under conditions of considerable uncertainty in the energy markets, international cooperation between the countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia to regulate the functioning of the industry has deepened. The article shows that in the context of reduced resources, complicating mining conditions, coordination of efforts to conduct joint fundamental research work is necessary. Further successful economic cooperation should be based on the harmonization of the economic interests of all stakeholders.

scholarly journals Analyses of impacts of China's international trade on its water resources and uses

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 3543-3570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Y. Zhang ◽  
H. Yang ◽  
M. J. Shi ◽  
A. J. B. Zehnder ◽  
K. C. Abbaspour
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Total Water ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Water Flows ◽  
Water Scarce ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Water Uses

Abstract. This study provides an insight into the impact of China's international trade of goods and services on its water resources and uses. Virtual water flows associated with China's international trade are quantified in an input-output framework. The analysis is scaled down to the sectoral and provincial levels to trace the origins and destinations of virtual water flows associated with the international trade. The results reveal that China is a net virtual water exporter of 4.7 × 1010 m3 year−1, accounting for 2.1% of its total water resources and 8.9% of the total water use. Water scarce regions tend to have higher percentages of virtual water export relative to their water resources and water uses. In the water scarce Huang-Huai-Hai region, the net virtual water export accounts for 7.9% of the region's water resources and 11.2% of its water uses. For individual sectors, major net virtual water exporters are those where agriculture provides raw materials in the initial process of the production chain and/or pollution intensity is high. The results suggest that China's economic gains from being a world "manufacture factory" have come at a high cost to its water resources and through pollution to its environment.

scholarly journals Natural Resource Economy and Territorial Organization of the Economy of the Arctic and the North of Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
V. N. Lazhentsev
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Natural Factor ◽  
The North ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Territorial Organization ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Resource Economy

The article shows that the modernization of existing and the creation of new industries in the developed territories, their infrastructure development is a priority in the development of the productive forces of the North, including the Arctic. Optimism about the Arctic vector of development, according to the author, should be moderate. The main directions of modernization of the existing economic systems are considered. These areas are associated with the forms of placement of production and settlement of the population in the form of territorial and economic complexes, geographically and economically remote industrial centers and the periphery of the predominantly rural type. Attention is focused on the rise of the role of the natural factor in the socio-economic development of the Arctic and Northern territories and the need for interregional integration in solving the problems of environmental protection. The solution of the problems of the Arctic and the North is connected with the improvement of relations in the system of economic federalism. The main point here is the coordination of public, state and corporate interests for the sake of improving the standard of living of the rooted population, providing the national and world markets with raw materials.

scholarly journals The economic assessment of harm to the arctic ecosystems at the development of oil and gas resources

2014 ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. Ignateva ◽  
V. G. Loginov ◽  
A. A. Litvinova ◽  
L. M. Morozova ◽  
S. N. Ektova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Ecosystems ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources

scholarly journals COMPETITIVENESS OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3/2020) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
A. B. Nikolaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
National Level ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Competitive Capabilities ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
International Transport ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Near Future

The Arctic region, including the Russian Arctic and the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is currently characterized by an increased interest of many countries of the world and international business circles. For Russia the need to develop the Arctic is indisputable, and the NSRis the basis for development of the region. In addition, the region possesses a unique transport and logistics potential. It is believed that in the future it will connect the largest markets in Asia, Europe and North America with maritime transport corridors. Climatic changes and melting of ice are increasingly opening up the NSRfor navigation, and this leads to an increase in the attractiveness of this route. At the national level, the task is todevelop possibilities for turning the NSRinto an international transport corridor, similar to the Suez Canal. However, the transit potential of the NSR is not obvious. The article is aimed to determine the competitive capabilities of the NSRand assessits transit potential in the near future. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to identify strengths and weaknesses when using NSR, to conduct a comparative analysis of the known international routes (the Suez Canal) and this route, and to reveal prospects for the transit potential of the NSR, identifying the most likely potential transit transport participant —China.As a result of the study, it was concluded that in the near future the NSR will not compete with the Suez Canal and other international routes, but will be in demand as a national transport artery for transporting extracted oil and gas resources from the fields in the Arctic part of Russia. As to the transformation of the NSR into an international transport corridor, it will take huge financial and time resources, also Russia may have to sacrifice its strategic and geopolitical interests in the Arctic, which is currently unacceptable.

scholarly journals EXPLORATION WELLS COMPLETION IN ICE CONDITIONS OF THE ARCTIC

2016 ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
D. A. Kustyshev ◽  
A. V. Kustyshev ◽  
A. A. Barkov ◽  
M. D. Antonov ◽  
V. A. Dolgushin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ice Conditions

The article considers the history of development of oil and gas resources of seas and oceans, and prospects of the Arctic off-shore fields development. The analysis of the project solutions on development of the off-shore gas and gas-condensate fields in the Tyumen region north has been carried out. The technology solutions are proposed aimed on completion of prospecting wells from the ice islands at time deficit using drill rigs, as well as on completion of wells with using the preventing units.

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