The Golden Age in Russian Refining: Outcomes and Prospects

2012 ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Yu. Astashov
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
The State ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Tax Reforms

The article considers the state of things in Russian oil refining. The options for its modernization are analyzed, as well as the effects of tax reforms in the sector. It is noted that current tax reforms mostly touch upon refining, not oil extraction, so one can expect further reforms in the sector and their impact on the industry.

THE ECONOMIC EXISTENCE OF THE STATE IS IMPLEMENTED IN TAXES

2018 ◽  
pp. 356-358
Author(s):  
Oleg I. Mariskin
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Poll Tax

The review on the book: Kirillov A. K. From the Poll Tax to Income Tax: Tax Reforms of Capitalistic Russia and Their Implementation in Western Siberia in the second half of the XIX – early XX century. Novosibirsk, 2017, 178 p.

Improvement of the System of Statistical Indicators of the State and Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
M. R. Еfimova ◽  
N. A. Korolkova
Keyword(s):  
Oil Production ◽  
The State ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Energy Complex ◽  
Statistical Indicators

The article proposes an improved system of statistical indicators for assessing the state and development of the fuel and energy complex of Russia, which defines a methodological approach to identifying factors and trends in its development. The introduction highlights the relevance of modernization of information and methodological support for reaching decisions on new tasks, including those related to the digitalization of the economy and implementation of the national projects’ portfolio. The body of the article critically examines the current configuration of official and departmental statistical information, based on which the authors selected 85 key indicators reflecting the state and development level of the fuel and energy complex of Russia. All of them can be delineated by sectors and analysis tasks. This evaluation system includes 7 blocks: general block characterizing the role of the fuel and energy complex in the economic system; key industry performance indicators; indicators of the production structure by industry; technological indicators of industries; prices for fuel and energy resources; production costs by industry; distribution indicators of fuel and energy resources. The paper analyses development trends in the fuel and energy sectors for 2008-2018. In particular, the authors’ research showed that modern oil production is characterized by a change in the territorial structure, as well as the reinstatement of the role of vertically integrated companies in the development of oil production. The article presents findings on the technological upgrading of Russian oil refining. However, the authors’ research proved that oil refining depth has ceased to be a reliable indicator of the level of technological equipment and modernization level of oil refineries. With regard to the development of the gas industry, there has been a steady increase in gas production, which is supported by maintaining a steady increase in demand for Russian gas in the domestic and foreign markets. The all-time high domestic consumer demand for gas fuel, associated with the Russian Regions Gasification Program implemented by the Ministry of Energy of Russia, was recorded. At the same time, the authors identified the main risk factors in the development of the industry related to Gazprom (a backbone of the energy sector) activities. The persistent positive growth dynamics in commodity production of associated petroleum gas was established. It was also noted that the highest percentage of its beneficial use is characteristic of operators of production sharing agreements. As for the results of the analysis of the coal industry, a matter of interest is the growth of domestic prices for coal products and related derivative trends. Particular attention is paid to the development of the possibilities of using over-the-counter coal price indicators. Replacement of coal with natural gas at a thermal power station in most regions of the country is of interest within the identified development trends of the electric power industry in Russia, which is explained by the environmental friendliness of electricity generation.

scholarly journals Aguinda v. Texaco Inc.

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Davidov
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Process ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Legal Structures ◽  
A Site ◽  
Collective Representations

This article analyzes a series of litigations that began with the Aguinda v. Texaco Inc. case as a site of production of new legal subjectivities for indigenous communities in the region of the Ecuadorian Amazon polluted by oil extraction activities. They engage in the transnational and local legal structures, contribute to and generate legal and scientific knowledge and expertise, and articulate multiple legal subjectivities that position them not only as homogenous plaintiffs in a highly publicized lawsuit, but also as legal actors in complex relation to each other, and to the state. Through such engagements with this legal process, indigenous actors are recrafting their collective representations in ways that challenge the ‘ecoprimitive’ stereotypes of indigeneity, historically associated with the ‘paradox of primitivism.’

Monitoring of the Environmental Technogenic Hazard of the Oil Extraction Plant

2020 ◽  
Vol 1006 ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Svetlana Nemenushcha ◽  
Yevhenii Kotliar ◽  
Olena Fesenko ◽  
Victoria Lysyuk
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
The State ◽  
Joint Stock Company ◽  
Production Operation ◽  
Technological Equipment ◽  
Stock Company ◽  
Extraction Plant ◽  
Main Production ◽  
State Of The Environment

In Ukraine there is a tendency to increase the number of man-made emergencies, which directly affects the state of the environment and the population. Particularly dangerous situations are formed in case of disturbance of objects with high risk conditions, which include oil extraction enterprises. Observing the state of the environment and the operation of technological equipment at such enterprises, warning of the risk of emergencies that are hazardous to human health and the environment, are the basis and task of monitoring. The results of engineering and ecological analysis of the state of ecological and technogenic danger on the example of private joint-stock company «Kropyvnytskyi oil extraction plant» are presented in the work. The main probable factors of its formation at each technological stage of production are established. The sources of environmental and human hazards are technological equipment and materials. Pollutants of land, water and atmospheric air are dust of vegetable origin and meal, solvent of hexane and its vapors, carbon dioxide and washing solution - soda ash, etc. Expert evaluation of the main production operation - oil extraction was carried out in detail. The extraction process is the main production operation for both press oil and extraction oil, as well as cake and meal. The results of the study can be used to clarify the program of monitoring the sources of technogenic and environmental risk at high risk facilities, planning activities and means of improving the resilience of the enterprises of the industry, preventing emergencies and minimizing their consequences. Awareness enhances management efficiency and minimizes environmental and population risks.

Against the Mane: How Barbaric Was the ‘The Golden Age of Barbarians’?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 712-714
Author(s):  
Joshua Wright
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
The State ◽  
Epidemic Disease ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
Pastoral Nomads ◽  
Early States ◽  
Nomadic Pastoralists ◽  
Historical Times

Against the Grain is both a wide-ranging voyage of discovery and a regionally focused study of the trajectory of agriculture from its earliest appearance until historical times, coupled with discussion of the mechanisms that maintained early states. For Scott, the state is a fragile entity (pp. 21, 23, 118, 125) based on the production of grain, along with water transport, city walls, tax collection, specialized administrators, monumental centres, kings, social hierarchy, filth, epidemic disease and an insatiable demand for enslaved labour. With such a definition, there is a little hope that the societies of Eurasian pastoral nomads can be seen as anything other than ‘barbarians’ living outside the laws and hierarchies of agricultural states. It is these Eurasian nomadic pastoralists and their relations with the state that will form the focus of this commentary.

The Golden Age of Ministerial Exile, 1715–74

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Swann
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
State Machine ◽  
The State ◽  
Louis Xiv ◽  
Rapid Turnover ◽  
Louis Xv

The reign of Louis XV was marked by ministerial instability, but also the consolidation of a model of ministerial disgrace that had first taken shape under Louis XIV. This chapter examines the continuities between the two reigns as well as the reasons behind that instability and argues that despite the rapid turnover in ministers the state machine had a certain permanence which meant that disgrace was not enough on its own to destabilize government. It also examines the changes in ministerial recruitment and the decline of the system of survivance that had underpinned the great ministerial dynasties of the reign of Louis XIV.

scholarly journals Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the Visegrad Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Anna Moździerz
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The State ◽  
Consumption Tax ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Recent Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Visegrád Countries

Abstract The financialisation of economies is believed to be the primary cause of the increase in income inequality in the world, occurring on a scale unseen for more than 30 years. One can hypothesise that it is the state that is responsible for the widening inequality, as the state has not sufficiently used the redistributive function of taxation. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of tax policy on income inequality in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. These so-called Visegrad countries have, in the last several years, carried out some controversial experiments with tax policy, specifically in terms of the flattening of tax progressivity or its replacement with a flat tax, which led to the weakening of the income adjustment mechanism. The imbalance between income tax and consumption tax has contributed to perpetuating income inequality. The verification of tax systems carried out during the recent financial crisis has forced the countries included in this research to implement tax reforms. The introduced changes caused various fiscal and redistributive effects. Analyses show that the changes in income taxation and an increase in the consumption tax rate had the most negative impact on the income and asset situation in Hungary.

scholarly journals Rulers, Scholars, and Invaders: A Select Bibliography of the Songhay Empire

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 357-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
African State ◽  
West African ◽  
The State ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Trade Expansion ◽  
West African State ◽  
Select Bibliography

The Songhay Empire was a remarkable west African state, flourishing in several areas including territorial and trade expansion, development of a strong military and centralized government, unprecedented support for learning and scholarship, and skilful relations with the greater Sudanic and Islamic lands. Songhay arose out of the remains of the Mali empire under the rule of Sonni Ali ca. 1464. Yet it was the empire's second ruler, Askiya Muhammad, who initiated the century-long golden age of peace and stability, bringing Songhay to its zenith. This era was particularly fruitful for the cities of Gao, Timbuktu, and Jenne, the empire's administrative, scholarly, and trade centers respectively. Timbuktu soared to preeminence in the Sudan and became known in other parts of the Muslim world, producing many respected scholars. However, by the later part of the sixteenth century fractious disarray among the descendants of Askiya Muhammad weakened the state, ultimately leading to the Moroccan invasion of 1591. Songhay's capitulation to the invaders ended the age of the great medieval west African states.

The Secularisation of Castilian Episcopal Office Under the Habsburgs, c. 1516–1700

1987 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Rawlings
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
The State

The Spanish Church of the Golden Age has been much discussed but little studied. Certainly, its professional structure and internal administration are much less well understood than those of secular government. This paper seeks to correct some of the imbalance by applying to the 540 members of the Castilian episcopacy who served under Habsburg leadership the prosopographical techniques which in recent years have advanced our understanding of the State. But before doing so it might be useful to describe the structure of the episcopacy and the principles and procedures which governed appointments to it.

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