Title: Energy in Russia - Wikipedia
Headings: Energy in Russia
Energy in Russia
Contents
Overview
Energy sources
Natural gas
Oil
Conventional oil
Oil shale
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
Coal
Hydropower
Nuclear power
Renewable energy
Geothermal energy
Peat
Solar energy
Wind energy
Tidal energy
Electricity sector
Billionaires
Climate change
See also
References

Content: Russia has the world biggest natural gas reserves, mainly owned and operated by the Russian monopoly Gazprom, which produces 94% of Russia's natural gas production. In global context Gazprom holds 25% of the world's known gas reserves and produces 16% of global output. In 2011, Russia was the world's biggest natural gas producer with 677 billion cubic metres (23.9 trillion cubic feet) which accounted 20.0% of global natural gas production. It is also the biggest gas exporter with 196 billion cubic metres (6.9 trillion cubic feet). The main export markets of Russian natural gas are the European Union and the CIS. Russia supplies a quarter of the EU gas consumption, mainly via transit through Ukraine (Soyuz, Brotherhood) and Belarus ( Yamal-Europe pipeline ). The main importers are Germany (where links were developed as a result of Germany's Ostpolitik during the 1970s, and also Ukraine, Belarus, Italy, Turkey, France and Hungary . Oil
Main article: Oil industry of Russia
See also: List of countries by oil exports
Conventional oil
Russia is the largest oil producer in the non- OPEC countries, and second biggest in the world after Saudi Arabia, which it overtakes as the world's number one from time to time.