Although oil and gas exploration has been going on in East Africa for decades, until recently exploration activities grew more slowly compared to other regions in Africa. Today, there has been a series of oil and gas discoveries in several East African countries, including Kenya, Madagascar,...

This paper focuses on the politics of regulating natural gas fracking operations in Colorado and Texas. Between state differences in the economic importance of natural gas production, political traditions, environmental impacts of drilling activities, and local governmental responses to risk...

Es werden folgende Themen behandelt: Das Gespenst einer drohenden Versorgungskrise; Energieexporte als Faktor der Geopolitik; Erdöl; Erdgas; Aufbau eines Energieverbundsystems kooperierender GUS-Staaten und die asiatische Perspektive; ein Gas-Kartell entsteht.