Reconceptualising energy security : business perspectives on energy security in the Norwegian and Russian Arctic ...

• Main Author: Pavlenko, Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The University of St Andrews 2020
• Subjects: HD9502.A2P2; Petroleum industry and trade > Norway; Petroleum industry and trade > Russia Federation; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17630/sta/988; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/30156

Despite the global importance of energy security as a concept that shapes national and international energy policymaking, it lacks clarity and is open to interpretation (Alhajji 2008, Azzuni & Breyer, 2017). Conventional supply-focused approaches to energy security have been criticised for failing to account for a multitude of actors and challenges faced by the energy industry and energy consumers globally. A growing number of authors have reflected on the need for a more comprehensive approach to energy security that incorporates risks across the whole energy system (rather than focusing on supply only) and a multitude of adjacent dimensions (see Hippel et al 2009, Vivoda 2010, Elkind 2010, Mitchell and Watson 2013, Cherp & Jewell 2014). However, this literature still approaches energy security from a state perspective ignoring the role of non-state actors. This thesis seeks to bridge this gap by exploring risk perceptions of energy companies – arguably the key actors of energy systems – involved in ...