The framing of unconventional natural gas resources in the foreign energy policy discourse of the Russian Federation

Energy Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-109

  Ocelík, Petr ^a   Osička, Jan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Foreign energy policy; Russian Federation; Unconventional natural gas resources

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; RESOURCE VALUATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FRAME ANALYSIS; POLICY DISCOURSE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOURCE OF ENERGY; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS RESOURCES; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

NATURAL GAS;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FOREIGN POLICY; NATURAL GAS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84902131638     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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