Whose gas to replace Russia's at European market
Recent developments in Russia-Ukraine relations have again raised concerns over European energy security
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Azerbaijan develops clean and green energy
Azerbaijan’s role as an energy producing and exporting country has long been associated with hydrocarbons. Since 1994 and the signing of the “Contract of Century,” the country has embarked with its international partners on …
Turkey, Azerbaijan to laid this year pipeline to supply Nakhchivan
Following the liberation of Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, Baku is now looking to ensure the uninterrupted supply of natural gas to Nakhchivan with a project to be carried out in cooperation with Turkey that foresees the pipeline being laid this year
Iran looks to political gains from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan gas deal
Iran has entered a gas swap agreement with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on Sunday on the sidelines of the 15th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization
Future of Caspian oil and gas in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Over the past 30 years Caspian nations such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have built thriving economies on oil and gas wealth led by global energy companies and a handful of megaprojects. As times change, that model may need to be reassessed. …
Blue Homeland: Turkey’s strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean
The purpose of the Blue Homeland strategy is that Turkey should dominate the Mediterranean and reclaim the mercantile and maritime power, Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures’ Chief Operating Officer
Can Turkmenistan become a serious gas player in Europe?
The Caspian Sea is one of the world’s largest and oldest oil and gas producing regions
Turkey’s Black Sea natural gas to open for future trading by October
Black Sea gas will strengthen Turkey’s hand in gas contract negotiations
How Azerbaijan changed the energy map of the Caspian Sea
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, crude oil and natural gas have been playing a key role in the geopolitics of the Caspian region. Hydrocarbon revenues became an important source of economic growth for the Caspian Basin countries such …
Azerbaijan and Turkey to sign new gas contract?
BOTAS and the Consortium of Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas condensate field are negotiating a new contract for the supply of gas within the first stage of the field development. According to the head of the public relations department of BP-Azerbaijan, Tamam Bayatli, due to the completion of the contract concluded in 2001, which provided for the transportation of gas in the amount of 6.6 billion cubic meters annually, supplies to Turkey within the framework of Shah Deniz-1 were terminated on April 16
Nakhichevan corridor needs delicate geopolitical balancing
In Moscow last week, President Vladimir Putin hosted the prime minister of Armenia and the president of Azerbaijan. It was the first meeting of the three leaders since the end of the six-week-long war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region last …
Baku and Ashgabat clear last obstacle to Trans-Caspian pipeline
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding Thursday on joint exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources of the Dostlug (Friendship) field in the Caspian Sea
How political landscape changed after the second Karabakh war
The confluence of many factors changed the hitherto prevailing balance of power and produced a victory for Azerbaijan, overturning the 26-year old status-quo in the region. Over the years, Azerbaijan has invested in the armed forces massively. In the meantime, both Azerbaijan and Turkey have cultivated closer ties with Russia. The color revolution, which swept pro-European Union Nikol Pashinyan into power as prime minister in Armenia in 2018 helped distance Moscow from Yerevan. Unlike in the past, the United States was disengaged from the region, mainly because of its partial withdrawal from the international stage
Azerbaijan begins commercial gas deliveries to Europe
The Shah Deniz consortium today announced commencement of commercial gas deliveries to Europe from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan via the newly-completed Southern GasCorridor (SGC) pipeline system, accord to the …
TAP pipeline is bringing EU energy policy to Azerbaijan
The construction of the TAP pipeline could set an example of what a project developer’s role should be – to build a commercial infrastructure project while mitigating any potential environmental and social challenges, writes …
Energy and transport corridors may be target of Armenian provocation
Turkey may be indirect target of Azeri-Armenian clashes
COVID-19 doesn’t prevent Azerbaijan from looking at future with optimism
Azerbaijan’s strong standing before the Covid-19 outbreak as an energy and reformer state offer reasons for optimism that the country could quickly return back to normal, writes Esmira Jafarova. As Euractiv …
TAP gas pipeline 93.5% completed
The progress in the implementation of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is 93.5% as of late February, according to TAP AG consortium. It was noted that every day hundreds of meters of TAP’s Right of Way are cleared, strung, …
Could Russia Join the Southern Gas Corridor?
The view from Baku
European Commission includes Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline in list of priority energy projects
Turkmen gas imports remain an important part of the EU strategy
