Russia: Attempting to Choke Off Potential Export Routes For Azeri Natural Gas?
June 30th, 2009
Via Stratfor (subscription required & recommended), interesting analysis of the deal signed between Russia and Azerbaijan on June 29, under which Russia will pay Azerbaijan $350 per thousand cubic meters of natural gas — the highest price Russia has paid for natural gas from the Caucasus or Central Asia. As the article notes, Moscow hopes […]
Read more »Azeri Oil Production: More Growth On Tap?
May 27th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, a report on Azerbaijan’s oil production and economic progress. As the article notes: “…Last year Azeri oil production totaled 44.5 million tons of crude, while the government’s original forecast was for 50 million tons. Speaking at a news conference in Baku on May 22, Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev told journalists, […]
Read more »Baku Looks East: Who Lost Azerbaijan?
April 13th, 2009
Via Energy Daily, an intriguing analysis of a recent agreement beween Russia and Azerbaijan that may be the harbinger of a dramatic shift in Baku’s Western-leaning policy. As the article notes: “…On March 27, officials from Gazprom and the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic signed a memorandum of understanding providing that discussions between the […]
Read more »SOCAR So Good: Azerbaijan Wants to Boost Oil Carried by Russian Pipelines
October 2nd, 2008
From Windows on Eurasia, an interesting report that Azerbaijan hopes to send more oil through Russia. According to the article: “…The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is negotiating with Russian officials to boost the amount of oil transported by Russian pipelines to the West, a move that many people around the world will see […]
Read more »A Knot of Pipeline Projects/Proposals: The Caspian Conundrum
June 13th, 2008
Via Radio Free Europe, an insightful look at the multitude of Caspian pipeline projects that leaders of the Caspian Sea littoral states — Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran — and others such as the EU and U.S. are discussing, debating, funding, and developing. As the article notes: “…we are in the middle of a […]
Read more »Azeri Aim To Become Gas Transit Route
June 13th, 2008
As recently reported in The Financial Times, Azerbaijan – already a growing force on world oil markets – is carving a role for itself both as a natural gas exporter and as a strategic gas transit route linking the Caspian region with the west. As the article notes: “…2007 marked a turning point in the […]
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