Turkmen Natural Gas Through Iran
May 12th, 2014
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at a potential land route for Turkmen gas to Europe: With Russian opposition to the Trans-Caspian pipeline likely to impede its construction for the short to medium term, Turkmenistan is looking for a land route to reach European consumers. The pipeline network has about 10 billion cubic meters […]
Read more »Pipeline Politics: A Proposed Turkmenistan – Europe Connection
April 25th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of a proposed Turkmenistan – Europe pipeline: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov (R) attends the opening ceremony at a refinery in Samandepe on Dec. 14, 2009. Summary The crisis in Ukraine has heightened Europe’s interest in diversifying energy supplies away from Russia, and the long discussed Trans-Caspian pipeline […]
Read more »Chinese Inroads Into Central Asia: Focus on Oil and Gas
November 21st, 2012
Via the Journal of Energy Security, a report on China’s efforts to focus on oil & gas opportunities in Central Asia: There is no question that if any country has experienced unprecedented economic growth over the past two decades, it is China. Since 2008, at a time when global economies recorded one of their slowest […]
Read more »TAPI’B? Bangladesh Expresses Interest In Pipeline Project
November 11th, 2012
Via Eurasia Review, a report that Bangladesh has expressed interest in joining the TAPI project. As the article notes: Bangladesh said last week that it is keen to join the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project. The pipeline is already projected to cover nearly 1,700 km, and would need to be extended if Bangladesh were accepted […]
Read more »Turkmenistan: Rethinking Regional Relations
August 13th, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Turkmenistan’s efforts to reposition itself between Russia and China, economically and strategically: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov gave a speech Aug. 6 in which he announced that the country’s gross domestic product of this year’s January-July period grew by 11 percent compared to the same period in 2011. […]
Read more »Turkey-Turkmen Energy Cooperation
August 13th, 2012
Via Energy Daily, a report on the growing energy ties between Turkey and Turkmenistan Energy-rich Turkmenistan and energy importer Turkey are deepening bilateral ties. Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdymukhammedov is making a two-day state visit to Turkey, visiting Istanbul and Izmir. Turkey’s energy imports of Turkmen natural gas reportedly remain Ankara’s biggest immediate concern, but Turkey […]
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