La estrategia que emprende Gazprom, le permitirá a mediano y largo plazo a Russia mantener asegurar una torre adicional en su tablero geopolítico en lo que concierne a la Asia Central. Los antecedentes recientes que tenemos por parte de la empresa russa Gazprom, es que es muy dura a la hora de tomar medidas opresoras ( para muestra un boton, El caso en relación a Ucrania, onde incluso ha intentado las instituciones comunitarias mediar en las disputas de Russia y Ucrania, perdón de Gazprom – Ucrania: ¨European Commission Calls on Russia, Belarus to Solve Gas Dispute¨ ).Facilitar el acceso a la rusa Gazprom en Kazakhstan y Tadjikistan, sin antes concertar autenticas acciones de reciprocidad, tendrá como consecuencia una desmesurada dependencia a la Russia de Putín, lo cual conllevará a consecuencias que disminuiria el margen político de estos gobiernos de Asia Central, que a diferencia de el caso de Ucrania carecerian de un interlocutor como lo pueden llegar a ser instituciones comunitarias de la Unión Europea.
|by Manuel Torres Laveaga|
In an effort to conquer retail markets of CIS, Gazprom Neft has incorporated subsidiaries in Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan. In the long term, the company intends to promote the chains of fuel stations there, though its today’s business is limited to wholesale trading in crude oil.The analysts say this move of Gazprom Neft is well-timed; the low-octane gasoline that Gazprom Neft will supply to Central Asia is becoming less popular in Russia.
Gazprom Neft announced Wednesday that its Kyrgyz subsidiary, Gazprom Neft–Asia, set up Gazprom Neft-Kazakhstan and Gazprom Neft-Tadjikistan in June.
The Kazakh firm took on lease 11 bulk plants, and Tadjikistan’s subsidiary leased four bulk plants.Their next move will be pushing aside local traders in the sector of moderate wholesale.
But Gazprom Neft won’t confine to wholesale business in Central Asia. In the long-term, it is willing to construct or buy fuel stations in Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan. The company will be selling oil products from its Omsk NPZ refinery, mostly exporting the low-octane gasoline to these countries.
Omsk NPZ produced 13.67 million tons of oil products in 2006. Of this amount, A-80 gasoline accounted for roughly 7 percent (around 950,000 tons).
Starting from 2008, the company intends to monthly export 25,000 tons to 30,000 tons of oil products to Kazakhstan and 15,000 tons to 20,000 tons to Tadjikistan. The plans are to cover roughly 3 percent of all oil products consumed in Kazakhstan and get the share of 30 percent to 35 percent in Tadjikistan. Via: Kommersant
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