Energy in the Soviet Union

Certain confusion about the USSR's current and future energy supply positions is corrected. Natural gas, coal, and pumped storage situations are emphasized. USSR decisions to go ahead with the ambitious baikal-amur mainline rail project, in which oil will make up 70-75% of freight movements, wi...

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Published in:Energy policy 1976-06, Vol.4 (2), p.177-177
Main Author: Shabad, Theodore
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Certain confusion about the USSR's current and future energy supply positions is corrected. Natural gas, coal, and pumped storage situations are emphasized. USSR decisions to go ahead with the ambitious baikal-amur mainline rail project, in which oil will make up 70-75% of freight movements, without foreign participation suggests that the inaccessibility of Siberian resources has been a serious stumbling block in efforts to enlist Western interest in joint ventures. By building the new transport route, Soviet planners evidently hope to make foreign participation in resource projects more attractive. Statistical anomalies in sources of energy information on the USSR are listed.
ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/0301-4215(76)90012-4