CENTRE FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICSTHE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMY
OF NATIONAL ECONOMY
AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Staff and advisors
Peter Kaznacheev
Director of the Centre
PhD, Senior Research Fellow at RANEPA
Previously worked as a Business Development Advisor with British Petroleum where he focused on new business origination and project evaluation in the exploration and production division of the company. Between 2002 and 2005, he worked in the Russian Presidential Administration read more
as a Senior Advisor dealing with economic, energy and environmental issues. Prior to that he worked at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank in Washington and as Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Property of the Russian Parliament. As founder of the consulting firm Khaznah Strategies, he advises companies and government agencies on various natural resources projects. He received a Master’s degree in international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in
Washington, DC and a Bachelor’s degree and a PhD in political philosophy from Moscow State University. Since 2006, he has been teaching a course at RANEPA that focuses on public administration in resource economies.
Publications:
Resource rents and economic growth-report
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05.03.2014. Free Economies Are Making The Most Of The Shale Energy Revolution. (Peter Kaznacheev, Forbes)
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06.11.2013. How the Russian gas industry is responding to the shale revolution? (Peter Kaznacheev, Russia Direct)
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23.06.2013. “With Rosneft’s Power Comes Responsibility” (Peter Kaznacheev, Moscow Times)
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Senior Research Fellow at the Center and RANEPA
The main focus of Mr. Kjurchiski’s work are Gulf oil monarchies and public administration in resource economies. He took part in analysing country data for the RANEPA report “Resource Rents and Economic Growth and is currently BP PhD student in Political Science at RANEPA. read more
His doctoral dissertation is about the political regimes in the Gulf Oil Monarchies. He holds Master’s degree in international business and change management from RANEPA. He is a member of the Leaders Club of “Macedonia 2025” as well as in non-governmental organisations in Macedonia. Kjurchiski received a Bachelor’s degree in computer science at the FON University in Macedonia.
Publications:
October 2017. What Drives the Changes in the Gulf Oil Monarchies? (MGIMO Review of International Relations)
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October 2016. Elections as Contemporary Mechanism for Legitimation of the Gulf Oil Monarchies in the Post Arab Spring Era. (Communicology)
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May 2014. Public Administration Efficiency in Resource Economies.
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Regina Samoilova
Consultant, Research Fellow at RANEPA
Prior to joining the Center she conducted technical and economic valuations of oil projects at a Lukoil subsidiary company (Lukoil Engineering) in Moscow. Before that, she worked in the banking sector. read more
She received a Master’s degree from the Higher School of Economics Department of Global Economy, with a focus on energy and mineral commodity markets. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Economics at the Novosibirsk State University.
Publications:
January 2016. A comparison of the roles of privately and state-owned oil companies in developing the Arctic shelf. Peter Kaznacheev, Regina Bazaleva (Energy Exploration & Exploitation)
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Irina Grinets
Consultant
Prior to joining the Centre she worked as an analyst at Deloitte in Moscow, where she evaluated oil and gas projects and conducted management consulting work for various oil and mining companies. Before Deloitte she worked in the economic department at the British Petroleum Moscow office, read more
at GKB Resource consulting company in Moscow, and at ENRC miningcompany in Astana, Kazakhstan. She received a Master’s degree from the Higher School of Economics Department of Global Economy, with a focus on energy and mineral commodity markets’ regulation, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Economics at the Eurasian National University. She is currently teaching a course in oil project evaluation at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
Publications:
Advisory Board of the Centre for Resource Economics
Bill Bosler
Chemical Engineer, Oil & Gas Lifecycle Supply Chain Operations
Mr. Bosler is a Professional Engineer with over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas value chain from wellhead to gas station and from project concept to supply chain operations. He worked with various companies, including Exxon Company USA, Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc., and Bonner and Moore Associates, Inc. read more
Mr. Bosler is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas specialising in oil and gas lifecycle supply chain operations. He is a member of the American Petroleum Institute’s Subcommittee on Instrumentation and Control Systems and also a member of the International Society of Automation (ISA).
Mr. Bosler’s specialty is in forming, leading, and participating in teams to achieve specific objectives within time and budget.
In 1982, Mr. Bosler founded Texas Consultants, Inc. after two years with Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc.; three years with Bonner and Moore Associates, Inc.; and 10 years with Exxon Company USA. Mr. Bosler has over 30 publications in magazines like the Oil & Gas Journal, Hydrocarbon Processing, Fuel Reformulation, and World Refining; presented papers at the European Offshore Technology Conference, Russian National Institute of Oil & Gas, and provided expert witness testimony.
Publications:
April 2014. “Trends in O&G Operations Management Business Productivity Enhancements”. EPC Conference, Moscow, 24 April 2014. Among other subjects, the evolving role of Natural Language Understanding to programmatically draft Business Processes and the subsequent automation thereof is covered.
April 2013. Benefits of Russia’s participation in the International Project “Oil & Gas Industry Pilot“ aka “Why take a seat on the bus?”, 29 April 2013 Gubkin ISO 15926 Conference, Moscow
April 2013 . NING’s Potential Role in Facilitating Russian O&G Industrial Performance “Leapfrog”! 02 April 2013 Russia’s National Institute of Nefte Gaz (NING) Conference, Moscow
February 2013. Chapter 2: “The Role of Semantic Models in Smarter Industrial Operations” 28 February 2013 The MOM Chronicles: ISA-95 Best Practices Book 3.0
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December 2012. Business Agility and Transparency: The ISA 95/IEC 62264 Value Proposition (Update) 10 December 2012 ISA Automation Conference, Doha, Qatar
November 2008. Human Factors in Control Systems and Knowledge Management — “Accelerating Knowledge Creation and Application” 26 November 2008, 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
April 1978. “Reliability Assessment of Thistle ‘A’ Platform”, 12 April 1978, European Offshore Petroleum Conference
John Eyre
Executive Director of North Coast Consulting Ltd.
Mr. Eyre has over 40 years of experience in the international minerals industry as minerals and environmental manager, lecturer, consultant and mineral agent in over 30 countries throughout the world. He has headed minerals market analysis, economic, technical and environmental studies. He is either sole-author or co-author of over 50 academic papers, research reports or books relating to mining and minerals extraction. read more
Over the last few years this has included work in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Congo DR, Costa Rica, Ghana, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Thailand and Uzbekistan. Some of those projects were carrieed out with the support of international organisations, such as the World Bank and EBRD. For 14 years Mr. Eyre was a University Lecturer at Camborne School of Mines in minerals management, surveying, law and environmental aspects of mining. During this period he also worked at Wardell Armstrong International, a leading mining environmental and engineering consultancy as a Technical Director in the mining environmental & social division. During the period 1974-1988, he worked in the UK coal industry, in the technical services and minerals management departments and as Deputy Area Surveyor and Minerals Manger responsible for permitting and environmental matters for over 20 coal mining and processing operations. Mr. Eyre holds qualifications of MQB Certificated Mine Surveyor, Chartered Mining and Environmental Surveyor, Chartered Environmentalist, and Incorporated Engineer.
Publications:
Eyre JM ‘A landowner’s view of mine access.’ Proceedings of the International NAMHO 2000 Conference, 14-17 July 2000 (Ed. Cole R), Cornwall Archaelogical Unit, pp 66-73, October 2001.
Eyre JM under Wardell Armstrong International 2007 ‘ An economic analysis of natural resources sustainability for the mining component – Nigeria; at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/7941/561780ESW0whit10Box349489B01PUBLIC1.txt?sequence=2
Thane Gustafson
Senior Director of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) and Professor of Government at Georgetown University
Dr. Gustafson has spent 40 years studying and travelling in Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the former Soviet Union. Dr. Gustafson founded the IHS CERA Russian and Caspian team in 1990 and directed it for 15 years. He is the author of over 200 IHS CERA reports. read more
Formerly a professor at Harvard University and a political analyst at the Rand Corporation, he is also professor of government at Georgetown University.
Dr. Gustafson’s latest book—his fifth— is Wheel of Fortune: the Battle for Oil and Power in Russia (Harvard University Press, October 2012). Dr. Gustafson’s research focuses on oil and gas Russia and the former Soviet states, including analyses of oil field technology and practice; gas production and transportation issues; oil production and domestic and foreign oil markets; US-Russian political and energy relations; regulatory and legal reform in the Russian energy sector; and the evolution of the Russian oil and gas companies. Dr. Gustafson holds a bachelors degree from the University of Illinois in political science and chemistry and a PhD from Harvard University.
Publications:
“Wheel of fortune: the battle for oil and power in Russia”. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012 (http://thanegustafson.com/books.html)
«Putin’s Petroleum Problem: How Oil Is Holding Russia Back : and How it Could Save It». Foreign affairs, Vol. 91, No. 6, p. 83-96, 2012 (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138363/thane-gustafson/putins-petroleum-problem)
“Ice-breaking developments in the Barants and Kara Seas?: implications for foreign company strategies”. Cambridge, MA : CERA, 2011
“Russia’s gas exports: weathering the perfect storm”. Cambridge, MA: CERA, 2010
“Capitalism Russian-style“. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000
“Crisis amid plenty: the politics of Soviet energy under Brezhnev and Gorbachev”. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989.
“Reform in Soviet politics: lessons of recent policies on land and water”. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981
Dr. Valery Kryukov
Deputy Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
One of Russia’s leading experts in the field of oil and gas economics. He is Head of the Energy and Commodity Markets Department at the Higher School of Economics read more
and Scientific Director of Russia’s first Master’s programme in regulation and management of extractive and energy industries. Editor in chief of the Russian business magazine “ECO”. Authored and co-authored over 300 published works, including 22 monographs; among them – his popular book “The Institutional Structure of the Oil and Gas Sector. Problems and scenarios of transformation” (1998). Participates as an expert in the work of various high-level bodies, in particular, the Expert Council of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Expert Council of the Committee on the Environment of the Russian Parliament, the Expert Council under the Chairman of the Arctic Council of the Russian Federation, as well as in advisory committees of the World Bank, the EBRD, and the Arctic Council. In 2011 he was awarded one of the highest honours of the Miners of Russia organisation – the medal of ” Miner’s Glory. ” In 1977, he graduated from the Department of Economics at the Novosibirsk State University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematical economics.
Publications:
21.10.2014 Валерий Крюков, Сергей Донской – Новое регулирование для трудной нефти (Russian)
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«The Russian Oil Sector». The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy / ed. by M. Alexeev, S. Weber. – New York: Oxford Univ. Press- Pt. III. Resources and Environment. – P. 341-362, 2013
«Oil industry structure and developments in the resource base: increasing contradictions?» Russian energy in a changing world: what is the outlook for the hydrocarbons superpower? / ed. by J.M. Godzimirski. – Surrey : Ashgate, – Pt. 2. – P. 35-55, 2013
«The contest for control. Oil and gas management in Russia» Plundered nations? Successes and failures in natural resource extraction / ed. by P. Collier, A. Venables. – London : Palgrave Macmillan, – Pt. 8. – P. 262-303, 2011
«Oil Exploration in Russia: Prospects for Reforming a Crucial Sector» Eurasian Geography and Economics. – Vol. 51, No. 3. – P. 312-329, 2010
17.12.2010. Evolution of Oil Resourse Management in Russia. Jornal of Siberian Iniv.
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The Russian model: merging profit and sustainability // Arctic Oil and Gas. Sustainability at risk? / ed. by A. Mikkelsen, O. Langhelle. – London-New York : Routledge – P. II, 10. – P. 240-287? 2008
Russia’s Oil Industry: Risk Aversion in a Risk-Prone Environment // Eurasian Geography and Economics. – Vol. 48, No. 3. – P. 341-357, 2007
Lou Naumovski
Vice President of the Canadian mining company Kinross Gold Corporation and General Manager of the company’s Moscow Representative Office
Chairman of the National Board of the Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association (CERBA). In 2000-2007 Naumovski was Senior Vice President at Visa International Central Europe, Middle East and Africa Division. Prior to that, he worked as Senior Banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Russia. read more
At the EBRD he was Resident Representative in Moscow (1992-1997), and then worked in the Russian division from the EBRD London office in 1997-2000. He started his professional career as a diplomat and a trade representative of Canada (1980-1990). He worked in Canadian trade missions in Moscow, Atlanta (in the state of Georgia), and in Baghdad. He received a Master’s degree in international relations (specialising in Russian studies) from the School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and a Bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the University of Toronto. He speaks fluent Russian.
Publications:
October 2014. Encouraging Subsoil Investment- Geological Exploration and Mine Development in Russia (English)
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October 2013. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Socio-Economic Development of the Far East of Russia (Kinross)
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September 2011. Fostering Foreign Investment in Mineral Exploration and Development in Russia (Kinross)
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Researchers
Svyatoslav Pikh Intern, student at HSE
Before becoming as Intern at The Center on Resource Economics, Svyatoslav was an research assistant at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at HSE. At this time, his major sphere of research at the Center is the study of international gas markets and government regulation of oil and gas sectors of foreign countries. read more
Svyatoslav has Bachelor’s degree at the department of World Economics and International Affairs at Higher School of Economics, now he is in his first year of magistracy there. He speaks fluently English and Arabic.
Raphael Baffo Intern, student at RANEPA
Prior to joining the Centre he worked as an Administrative Manager in the Supply Chain Management Unit of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana, handling internal research activities for the unit. read more
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Business Administration with a major in economics from the Catholic University College of Ghana and is currently an Msc Global Finance student at RANEPA.
Ivan Maximov Intern, student at RANEPA
Ivan is in his third year at the Faculty of Economics at RANEPA. He is also engaged in research work in the Student Center for Economic Research at RANEPA. Fluent in English and French at advanced level. read more
Certificates confirming the knowledge of languages: DELF B2 (French), Business school LINK Diploma – advanced (English and French). He knows programming languages such as Wolfram Mathematica and R.
