Sino-Russian Oil and Gas Cooperation

Keun-Wook Paik is Associate Fellow at the Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen. Between 1994 and 1998, he was a Research Associate at AUPEC (Aberdeen University Petroleum and Economic Consultants), and Research Fellow, and later Senior Research Fellow, at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Prior to joining OIES in 2007, he served as advisor on international affairs on the Sino-Russian Oil and Gas Cooperation Committee of China National Petroleum Corporation and advisor to the Government of Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. He has been a member of the UN working group on Energy for the DPRK, and advisor on the terms and conditions of the newly established UNDP GTI Energy Board.

• Introduction ; 1. The Energy Factor in Sino-Russian Relations ; 2. The Development of the Oil Industry in Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East ; 3. The Development of the Gas Industry in Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East ; 4. The Oil Industry in China ; 5. The Gas Industry in China ; 6. The Chinese Approach to Overseas Oil and Gas Investment: Focused on Central Asia ; 7. Sino-Russian Oil and Gas Cooperation ; 8. Conclusion

This landmark book is likely to become the principal reference guide for understanding Sino-Russian energy relations.