BREC in media

• 29 February, 2016 Russian Gas Transit Across Ukraine Post-2019: pipeline scenarios, gas flow consequences, and regulatory constraints

  The Russia-Ukraine gas relationship and its impacts on Europe have become substantially more controversial since the Ukraine crisis of 2014 and the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. European policy discussion tends to focus on the pros but mostly the cons of various pipelines, urging that substantial volumes of Russian gas must continue to transit through Ukraine as a mark of European `solidarity' with that country. Most of this commentary is focused on the politics of the EU, Russia, Ukraine situation with natural gas analysis as a relatively minor factor.

• 22 February, 2016 Political Risk Index for Iraq Oil Export: Reality and Predictions

  BREC supports the new article by Global Energy Associate Ahmed Mousa Jiyad

• 16 February, 2016 BREC congratulates Global Energy Associate, Anatoly Zolotukhin, on his latest title: Professor Emeritus at the University of Stavanger, Norway
• 15 January, 2016 New BREC Global Energy Associate, Dr Volkan Ozdemir from Ankara, is sceptical about the prospects for Russian molecules in the Turkish gas market in the longer run. Click to read interview in the Ukrainian media (in Russian)
• 08 January, 2016 Brussels Energy Club activity discussed in the Serbian mainstream media, the special weekly edition of the Serbian Financial Times

  The Brussels Energy Club (BREC) brings together major global and regional oil companies, which have their representative offices in the European Union, as well as the representatives of the nongovernmental sector and the diplomatic corps. The not-for-profit organization was established by energy experts in early 2012 in Belgium with a view to integrating ideas, thoughts and capital in the energy sector, but also as a new way to exchange the information relevant for decision making regarding investments.

• Tomáš Vlček and Martin Jirušek, Center for Energy Studies EU concerns about nuclear security of supply risks are overstated

  Contrary to the popular view in many European capitals, suppliers of nuclear energy cannot use it as a political tool in the same way as natural gas. The EU need not have concerns about physical supplies of uranium and other parts of the nuclear fuel cycle. The forecasts for global uranium production based on current estimates of demand and prices indicate 95 years of supply. However, adding all expected conventional uranium resources suggests 300 years of supply...

• 17 December, 2015 BREC supports the Center for Energy Studies' extensive report on Russian state-owned energy companies

  Martin Jirusek and Tomas Vlcek analyse company behavioural patterns in Central and Eastern Europe

• 08 December, 2015 BREC Director interviewed by Radio Sputnik: No real surprises from last week's OPEC meeting
• 06 December, 2015 BREC supports its partner Bosphorus Energy Club meeting in Istanbul on December 9-10, 2015
• 02 December, 2015 EGF's Jack Sharples, extended interview

  Author of the EGF Gazprom Monitor Annual Review, Dr Jack Sharples, talks about Russian gas and Ukrainian transit for this coming winter, in advance of his presentation at the BREC Christmas Gala on December 16