Caspian Sea Energy Reserves and Geopolitical Intrigue
January 5th, 2009
Via Seeking Alpha, an interesting post which is centered on a review of a book entitled The New Great Game. However, I am noting it here as it provides a nice summary of issues related to the Caspian (with handy maps, no less). As the article notes “…The investigative journalist delves deeply into the geopolitical […]
Read more »Pipeline Politics: Uzbekistan Cuts Gas Supply To Tajikistan
January 2nd, 2009
From the Times of Central Asia, a report that Uzbekistan recently cut gas supplies to neighboring Tajikistan by 45% in a dispute over a $7 million debt. As the article notes: “…Before this weekend, Tajikistan was receiving 40,000 cubic meters of Uzbek gas per hour. As of last night, we are receiving around 22,000 cubic […]
Read more »Tajikistan Attempts To Grow Its Gas Industry
December 26th, 2008
Via Energy Daily, an interesting look at Tajikistan’s efforts to grow its gas industry. As the article notes, while the former Soviet republics ringing the Caspian — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan — have been the object of intense struggle between Moscow and Washington since the collapse of communism in 1991 in their new energy “Great […]
Read more »Eurasia’s Investment Potential
October 6th, 2008
From Bloomberg, an optimistic look at Central Asia’s investment potential. As the article notes: “…Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan don’t tend to come to mind when searching for safety. Nor do Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the Caucasus region. Yet there’s increasing merit to taking the road less traveled, literally and figuratively. “Amid […]
Read more »China’s Growing Economic Influence in Central Asia
October 1st, 2008
From The Foreign Policy Association, a nice summary of China’s growing influence in the Central Asian states. As the article notes, recent projects include: “-A 960-kilometer oil pipeline from Western Kazakhstan to Western China has partially started operations and should be carrying 20 millions tons of the black gold annually in only a few years […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Great (Oil and Gas) Game
June 13th, 2008
Via The Geotimes, an interesting look at the machinations around Central Asian hydrocarbon resources. As the article notes: “…Today for Central Asiatic countries of the Caspian project (via Russia), there are only two alternatives for the West and the East. The Western direction is represented by the trans-Caspian gas pipeline, which passes at the bottom […]
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