Enabling the Iranian Gas Export Options: The Destiny of Iranian Energy Relations in a Tripolar Struggle over Energy Security and Geopolitics

Kuhn, Maximilian

Maximilian Kuhn investigates one of the most pressing, yet neglected subjects in the field of global energy politics: the integration of the Iranian gas market. Possessing the world’s second-largest proven natural gas reserves, Iran is a hypothetical energy giant-in-waiting. Yet over three decades of internal divisions, coupled with crippling international sanctions, have left Iran unable to capitalize on its vast energy potential. Increasing global demand for natural gas and a government in constant need of finding new sources of revenue to meet the needs of a fast-growing population should lead Iran to eventually become a large-scale gas exporter. How this could take place and what the implications for global gas markets would be are the central research questions tackled by this study. The study allows a look beyond international politics, Iranian political decision-making, investment laws, and pipeline games.

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Published by: Springer VS

Publication Date: 2013-12-30

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783658000929

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-00093-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 379