"Gazprom" between Scylla and Charybdis

Oil Resursy15-07-2008 "Gazprom" between Scylla and Charybdis of "Gazprom" not afraid of anything. He was not afraid to get involved in Iran's oil and gas projects, from which have already refused to Shell and Total. According to experts, the task of Russia is to cooperate within the framework of conventional gas OPEC, to continue to have the opportunity to coordinate projects, primarily export flows from Iran. Head of the Russian monopoly Gazprom, Alexei Miller paid a short visit to Iran, where he managed to meet not only with business partners, but also with the president and minister of oil and gas country. The result was the signing of talks, Gazprom and the Iranian national oil company "memorandum of understanding. According to the Russian-Iranian agreements will create a joint oil and gas company to work in Iran, Russia and third countries. " Moreover, Gazprom intends to develop the largest oil field, Iran's North Azadegan. In addition, the parties discussed the development of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries. While many experts have called the union a "gas OPEC" Russia emphasizes that controlling prices in a forum will not be one. As noted by the chief of analytical department of the IG of Aton Andrew Vernikov, "it's not even OPEC, it's more than OPEC because OPEC controls somewhere 25% of oil supply, and total proven gas reserves of Iran and Russia - about 40%. That is, its influence is more than OPEC. "