New system of managing oil and gas industry

After inauguration of new old president Vladimir Putin, election of Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister and a two week pause following that, new composition of the government and the president’s executive office is finally configured.

Now it is possible to analyze in detail how the system of managing the oil and gas industry looks like after Putin and Medvedev have exchanged their posts. Why do these people occupy key positions? And what does this promise to enterprises in the fuel and energy sector?

The report elaborates on the following topics:

• The tandem in the new political interior

  • The role of Vladimir Putin in work of the new government
  • The center of making economic decisions moves from the Cabinet to the president’s executive office

• The system of checks and balances in the new government

  • Winners and losers

• New figures formally responsible for the sector

  • What is there behind the logic of making adherents of the “hydrocarbon curse” concept in charge of the fuel and energy sector?
  • The real role of a corresponding deputy PM and energy minister
  • The decision making system in the new Cabinet

• Igor Sechin heads Rosneft: more than just a mere businessman

  • First decisions on transfer of assets to Rosneftegaz, their consequences

• First steps and main tasks of the new government

  • Strategic headquarters or fire brigade?

• Forecast of medium-term developments

The contents of the report: