{"id":12471,"date":"2016-11-04T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom\/"},"modified":"2016-11-05T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T23:37:40","slug":"gazprom-ready-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazprom: Ready to Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom is in a fantastic position to respond to global efforts to address climate change. By extension, global climate action is also a geopolitical opportunity for Russia, which owns over 50% of the publicly traded Gazprom. Gazprom is, by far, the largest producer of natural gas in the world[1]<\/a>, supplying methane to Europe and, increasingly, China[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Gasprom<\/a><\/p>\n

Limited to combustion driven processes due to its molecular simplicity, methane is primarily used in heating, electricity generation, and manufacturing feedstock applications. In these applications, substituting the incumbent energy source coal with natural gas can result in almost 50% less carbon dioxide emissions for the same amount energy released[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pounds of Carbon Dioxide emitted per <\/strong><\/p>\n

million British thermal units (Btu) of energy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Coal (anthracite)<\/td>\n\n

228.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Coal (bituminous)<\/td>\n205.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal (lignite)<\/td>\n215.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal (subbituminous)<\/td>\n214.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Propane<\/td>\n139.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural gas<\/td>\n117.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the future, increasingly aggressive global regulations of the coal industry will continue, a result of international agreements aimed at capping carbon dioxide emissions[4]<\/a>. This will create a void in affordable energy supply specifically in Europe, with Russian natural gas best positioned to fill the global gap. Through Gazprom investments, Russia will be positioned to expand its political influence over Europe by supplying reliable, affordable energy to countries neglecting the policies and investment to support the development of their domestic, economically viable energy resources.<\/p>\n

\"Russian<\/a><\/p>\n

Russian oil and gas pipeline network[5]<\/a><\/p>\n

Russia has high concentrations of cheap natural gas across its expansive terrain. Gas resources in Russia have significant production spread across a decades-long, plateaued depletion profile. These lengthy production profiles empower Gazprom\u2019s fundamental business strategy of building pipelines to supply gas to nations requiring affordable, heat-generating sources of energy. While building pipelines can be expensive, Gazprom is positioned to leverage the relationship with the Russian government to increase access to new resources and the pipelines required to transport methane to increasingly desperate markets.<\/p>\n

\"Destination<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the primary global climate change skeptics[6]<\/a>, Russia will use Gazprom to take advantage of the developed world\u2019s attempt to make coal obsolete. Gazprom will be positioned to expand the influence and materiality of their agreements to supply baseload energy to European countries that are eagerly turning their backs on economically viable energy policy.[7]<\/a> As European countries continue to subsidize energy sources[8]<\/a> that are not cost competitive with fossil fuels[9]<\/a>, Gazprom will ramp up production through increased drilling and operational maintenance, benefiting from the structural futility of Europe\u2019s efforts[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through increased investment in drilling and operations, Gazprom will provide\u00a0natural gas to eastern European economies. With the understanding that democracies vote, and no one votes for cold showers, these countries will be increasingly indebted to Gazprom and Russia for supplying affordable energy. In Ukraine and the conflict over Crimea, we have recently seen the economic and military consequences of neglecting this symbiotic relationship[11]<\/a>. Russia, sitting on the cheapest (and most geopolitically stable) supply of energy in the region, will ultimately be preferred to the riskier Middle Eastern reserves as well as to the much more expensive liquefied natural gas being transported from North America, Africa, and Asia.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, in attempting to address climate change, global governments are unintentionally exacerbating one of Europe\u2019s biggest problems, influence of Russian gas. Gazprom, the world\u2019s largest natural gas producer, stands to benefit tremendously from this folly. (798 words)<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Robert Rapier, \u201cThe Top 10 Natural Gas Producers,\u201d Forbes, Energy, #PowerUp (blog), Forbes<\/em>, August 12, 2016, http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rrapier\/2016\/08\/12\/the-top-10-natural-gas-producers\/#5962b9333f7a<\/a>, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Gazprom Export. 2014.\u00a0China<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gazpromexport.ru\/en\/partners\/china\/<\/a><\/u>. [Accessed 4 November 2016].<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> \u201cFrequently Asked Questions,\u201d Independent Statistics & Analysis U.S. Energy Information Administration, June 14, 2016, https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.cfm?id=73&t=11<\/a>, accessed November 2016.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 2014.\u00a0Kyoto Protocol<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0http:\/\/unfccc.int\/kyoto_protocol\/items\/2830.php<\/a><\/u>. [Accessed 4 November 2016].<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> The Asia-Pacific Journal. 2008.\u00a0Russian ‘Power Politics’, North Korea and the Future of Northeast Asia<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0http:\/\/apjjf.org\/-Leonid-Petrov\/2835\/article.html<\/a><\/u>. [Accessed 4 November 2016].<\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> Rebecca Henderson, Sophus Reinert, Polina Dekhtyar, and Amram Migdal, \u201cClimate Change in 2016: Implications for Business,\u201d HBS No. N2-317-032 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2016), pg. 13, Exhibit 1.<\/p>\n

[7]<\/a> Rebecca Henderson, Sophus Reinert, Polina Dekhtyar, and Amram Migdal, \u201cClimate Change in 2016: Implications for Business,\u201d HBS No. N2-317-032 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2016), pg. 26, Exhibit 21.<\/p>\n

[8]<\/a> Rebecca Henderson, Sophus Reinert, Polina Dekhtyar, and Amram Migdal, \u201cClimate Change in 2016: Implications for Business,\u201d HBS No. N2-317-032 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2016), pg. 28, Exhibit 22.<\/p>\n

[9]<\/a> Rebecca Henderson, Sophus Reinert, Polina Dekhtyar, and Amram Migdal, \u201cClimate Change in 2016: Implications for Business,\u201d HBS No. N2-317-032 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2016), pg. 25, Exhibit 19.<\/p>\n

[10]<\/a> Sacha Alberici, Sil Boeve, et.al.. 2014.\u00a0Subsidies and costs of EU energy<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/energy\/sites\/ener\/files\/documents\/ECOFYS%202014%20Subsidies%20and%20costs%20of%20EU%20energy_11_Nov.pdf<\/a><\/u>. [Accessed 4 November 2016].<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[11]<\/a> Paul Kirby. 2014.\u00a0Russia’s gas fight with Ukraine<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-29521564<\/a><\/u>. [Accessed 4 November 2016].<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Russian state-owned energy company is positioned to respond to global efforts to address climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2502,"featured_media":12472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[1342,628,2018,741,1817],"class_list":["post-12471","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coal","category-europe","category-gazprom","category-natural-gas","category-russia"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/assignment\/climate-change-challenge-2016\/","yoast_head":"\nGazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Russian state-owned energy company is positioned to respond to global efforts to address climate change.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology and Operations Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-05T23:37:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"274\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"184\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/\",\"name\":\"Gazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-04T20:31:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-05T23:37:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg\",\"width\":274,\"height\":184},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Submissions\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gazprom: Ready to Respond\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/\",\"name\":\"Technology and Operations Management\",\"description\":\"MBA Student Perspectives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management","og_description":"The Russian state-owned energy company is positioned to respond to global efforts to address climate change.","og_url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/","og_site_name":"Technology and Operations Management","article_modified_time":"2016-11-05T23:37:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":274,"height":184,"url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/","name":"Gazprom: Ready to Respond - Technology and Operations Management","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-04T20:31:01+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-05T23:37:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/images-2.jpg","width":274,"height":184},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/gazprom-ready-to-respond\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Submissions","item":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gazprom: Ready to Respond"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/","name":"Technology and Operations Management","description":"MBA Student Perspectives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission\/12471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hck-submission"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission\/12471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}