Sharing Energy Resources of Eastern Mediterranean: Regional and Global Dynamics

• Authors: DEMIR Nesrin , TEKIR Osman

Title variants

PL

Dzielenie się zasobami energetycznymi wschodniego regionu basenu Morza Śródziemnego: dynamika regionalna i globalna

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The newly discovered gas sources establish a political and economic ground for the formation of regional and global alliances in the Eastern Mediterranean. Although these new discoveries have the potential to alter the functioning of politics and the economy, current and past controversies, political instability, how natural gas will be shared between countries, and competition power of countries in natural gas market prevent natural gas production and exploration at the Eastern Mediterranean bay. On the other hand, in consequence of gas explorations that in the last decade, it is expected that in the near future there will be much more regional and global playmakers in the Eastern Mediterranean. Research, development and export speed of the gas reservoirs, each and every decision to be taken by the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, will be the dynamic weighted decisions of the national energy politics and regional politics. That's why, in this study, the lead energy players in the Eastern Mediterranean and their disagreements are investigated and, the goals and targets of the global powers on the energy resources available in the Eastern Mediterranean are analysed.

PL

Nowoodkryte źródła gazu ustanowiły polityczną i ekonomiczną podstawę do stworzenia regionalnego i globalnego aliansu we wschodnim regionie basenu Morza Śródziemnego. Mimo że owe odkrycia mają potencjał, aby wpływać na funkcjonowanie polityki i gospodarki, to bieżące oraz przeszłe kontrowersje i niestabilność polityczna, sposób dzielenia gazu naturalnego pomiędzy krajami, a także siła konkurencyjna krajów na rynku gazu naturalnego uniemożliwiają produkcję gazu naturalnego oraz badania we wschodniej zatoce Morza Śródziemnego. Z drugiej strony, wskutek poszukiwania gazu w ubiegłej dekadzie, można oczekiwać, że w bliskiej przyszłości istnieć będzie o wiele więcej regionalnych i globalnych graczy we wschodnim regionie basenu Morza Śródziemnego. Badania, rozwój i tempo eksportu rezerw gazu, każda pojedyncza decyzja, która ma być podjęta przez kraje we wschodnim regionie basenu Morza Śródziemnego, będą dynamicznie ważonymi decyzjami narodowych polityk energetycznych oraz polityk regionalnych. Z tego powodu, w niniejszym badaniu skupiono się na wiodących graczach energetycznych we wschodnim regionie basenu Morza Śródziemnego, a także na celach globalnych potęg w odniesieniu do zasobów energetycznych dostępnych w analizowanym obszarze.

Keywords

EN

Energy; natural gas; shale gas; Eastern Mediterranean

PL

energia; gaz naturalny; gaz łupkowy; wschodni basen Morza Śródziemnego

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Ekonomiczny
• Journal: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 44
• Pages: 651-674

Dates

published

2017-12-31

Contributors

author

DEMIR Nesrin

• Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science

author

TEKIR Osman

redactor

Paradowska Monika

redactor

Platje Joost (Johannes)

redactor

Słodczyk Janusz

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2017.44.2