This will be the first book to present an overview of the gas industry, and gas markets, across the CIS, which - despite their significance for global markets generally and Europe in particular - have been paid relatively little attention. The book deals with the political economy of those markets. Ten country chapters cover production, decision-making and regulation, and consumption and domestic market reform. Trading relations both between the CIS countries
themselves and with other markets, particularly those in Europe, are discussed, and a chapter on trade and transit discusses prices, export routes, transit costs and infrastructure. Another thematic
chapter gives an overview of systemic reform issues in the gas sector.