Oil is currently one of the most used energy sources on earth because enters into almost all goods and services. A number of economy and households is dependent on oil. In recent years a trend in the oil market raises many questions. The scope of this diploma thesis is to identify and to analyze key factors influencing the oil market. The next aim is to predict future development of this market. The analysis is focused on the most important economic, geopolitical, environmental and technological factors affecting the oil market. Methodology of the thesis is based on the literature research and on the basic statistical methods to analyze the factors and estimate the future of the oil market.

Diplomová práca sa zameriava na súčasné a projektované trasy produktovodov z Ruska a kaspického regiónu do EÚ.Popisuje výhody a nevýhody jednotlivých projektov z ekonomického, politického a sčasti technického hľadiska. Zároveň pojednáva o pravdepodobnom vývoji závislosti EÚ na ruskej rope a zemnom plyne v časovom vymedzení do roku 2030.

The goal of the Thesis is the analysis of maritime transportation of dangerous goods. Thesis is divided into 4 Parts. Chapter 1 describes development of dangerous goods regulations with the emphasis on maritime safety and environmental aspects. Chapter 2 is based on the analysis of IMDG Code, whose regulations have the fundamental importance for the carriages of dangerous goods by sea. Chapter 3 is dedicated to the basic duties of the parties included in the maritime transportation of dangerous goods- carriers on the one side and shippers on the other side. Final Chapter is related to the maritime carriage of oil - one of the dangerous substances with the strategic importance.

The goal of the thesis is to provide complex information about companies performance on the Russian oil market. The first part is devoted to the history of Russian oil industry from reign of Petr I. up to now. The thesis depicts situation on the market during comunism era and after disintegtation of the USSR and privatization of oil industry. The second section describes four major companies on the Russian oil market - Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP and Surgutneftegaz. The analysis of each company contains the history of its founding, development of basic operational figures like extraction volume, net profit, sales, export, crude oil processing; portfolio of main company activities and outline of strategies applied to the future together with the most important projects which are under construction or development. The last part contains possibilities that Russian oil companies have to export their production abroad, strategy of Russian government and the the analysis of the most promising projects.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the way that growing demand for oil in China will influence the nation's energy security in its various aspects until year 2035. It is shown, that growing oil consumption in China is an irreversible trend that significantly endangers energy security both in the long-term and the short-term aspect. Consequently, author recommends steps that could eliminate or moderate those threats. Recommendations are than compared to actual policies of the Chinese government. The thesis reveals that China is making an effort to minimize risks to energy security by upgrading its domestic resilience and by using so called Oil diplomacy to secure its present and future petroleum imports. However, as insufficient were proved to be actions to preserve the environment.

This diploma thesis works with the hypothesis that the existence of oil, which is a non-renewable resource of energy with limited availability (geographically as well as in terms of the available amount)influenced internal formation and international relations of the Middle Eastern states, which are the primary world oil exporters. The main goal of this thesis is to analyse this assumption based on the history of oil industry and determine to what extent has the oil contributed to the current position of the Middle East in the international relations.

The thesis focuses on the oil security of China. The China became net oil importer in 1993 and so the focus of the thesis is on this date. The second chapter introduces whole energy situation of PRC and explains the importance of oil for China's economy. The third chapter identifies clue countries and regions for China's oil imports and their political stability. Using these information, the thesis measures the level of security of Chinese oil imports from the clue countries between the years 1996 and 2012.

This thesis will enable the reader to see how applications of game theory can help understand the development in oil market. Firstly, the thesis will introduce to the reader the foundations of game theory, a branch of microeconomics studying strategic interaction. Special focus will be put on the theory of oligopoly, the most important collusive and non-collusive models of oligopoly and their similarities and differences. Secondly, the thesis will show the reader how these theoretic models can be applied to the past development within the global oil industry, most prominently on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Finally, the thesis will present possible applications of game theory and some of the models to the oil market after the price decrease which started in 2014. This would help the reader assess the potential outcomes of the current crisis and possible development in the future.

This master´s thesis deals with trade with crude oil and its impact on the world economy. Everyone, who wants to start to trade with crude oil, should find out basic terminology and information about crude oil that is characterized in the first chapter. The hunt for oil started many years ago, therefore the history is also mentioned in this master´s thesis. The second chapter focuses on the world trade with crude oil. Territorial structure and trade flows are described in this part of the master´s thesis. Nevertheless, the crude oil also has an impact on the world economy and economies of single states. The third chapter analyses states, where the inhabitants live beyond means of people from other countries but these states are so depended on crude oil that if this trade stopped, these countries would go bankrupt. However, there are also exceptions. Even though, there are states that have huge sources of crude oil, they still have to deal with financial problems. The forth chapter characterizes the trade with crude oil of the Czech Republic because it is a net importer of crude oil and the last chapter focuses on new trends in crude oil such as shale oil and trading at a crude oil market.

The diploma thesis focuses on world oil supply and aims to distinguish symptoms undoubtedly pointing to a possibly upcoming era of altered consumption and extraction patterns of oil products, which will be launched by "peak oil" -- a point when oil production reaches its maximum continues to decline. The thesis' objective is to analyse the probability of peak oil occurring and possible implications for world economy and selected countries. If proven true, it provides a an answer to the question whether the world economy can survive peaking without repercussions or whether it will shrink and decline into crisis. The first part defines the supply of oil and -- it's an overview of conventional and unconventional types of oil, petroleum products, oil fields, extraction techniques, energy effectiveness and substitutes. Furthermore, it defines "peak oil", it clarifies its history, strives to determine its possible date and compares it with the current oil situation. The second part surveys general implications of peak oil for world economics and politics -- it observes an unsatisfied oil demand, impact on the outputs of economies and the role of oil in economic crises. The political part follows with possible changes in the field of international politics. Lastly it tries to determine the effect on American suburbia. The third and final part is dedicated to selected countries, which are either important exporters or importers.