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• Turkey Having Trouble Finding Alternatives To Russian Gas

  Published 29 January 2016 | viewed 8,211 times

  With Russian-Turkish relations bottoming out after Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet last November, Ankara is scrambling to reduce its dependency on Russian gas.…

• Iran Poses A Threat To Gazprom

  Published 22 January 2016 | viewed 8,236 times

  The ending of international sanctions against Iran could soon send Iranian gas flowing across and through the South Caucasus, amping up the region’s strategic significance…

• Low Oil Prices Take Dramatic Toll On Kazakh Economy

  Published 17 January 2016 | viewed 13,230 times

  Oil production is entering a new year of decline this year in Kazakhstan — a dismal omen for a country so heavily reliant on energy…

• Azerbaijan’s Economy In Dire Straits As Oil Prices Keep Tanking

  Published 14 January 2016 | viewed 14,878 times

  With oil prices now barely above $31 per barrel, Azerbaijan’s energy-export economy is taking on lots of water. And what is worse, Baku’s lifeboat, the…

• Kazakhstan’s Giant Oil Field Set To Open In 2016

  Published 08 December 2015 | viewed 8,949 times

  As oil prices sink to impressive new lows, Kazakhstan is declaring, once again, that its giant Kashagan field will begin working at the end of…

• Azerbaijan Caught In Russian-Turkish Crossfire

  Published 02 December 2015 | viewed 4,541 times

  Rising Turkish-Russian tension is putting Azerbaijan in a bind. At a time when low energy prices are squeezing the Azerbaijani economy, officials in Baku need…

• German Energy Company Pulls The Plug On Turkmenistan Operations

  Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 5,936 times

  German company DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG is set to relinquish its natural gas concession on Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea shelf over frustration at excess bureaucracy and…

• Putin’s Wish For A Strong Sino-Russian Relationship Is Crumbling

  Published 01 September 2015 | viewed 5,751 times

  Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping China will host a huge military parade in Beijing on September 3, and President Vladimir…

• Tension Growing In Kazakhstan As Oil Prices Batter Economy

  Published 18 August 2015 | viewed 11,564 times

  Sinking oil prices are putting the brakes on Kazakhstan’s once-soaring economy, forcing layoffs in the all-important energy sector. With memories of the months-long strike in…

• How Russia’s Energy Giant Imploded

  Published 05 August 2015 | viewed 20,202 times

  It was not too long ago that Gazprom, the state-controlled energy conglomerate, was one of the Kremlin’s most potent geopolitical weapons. But those days now…

• Iran Could Play An Important Role In EU Energy Security

  Published 07 May 2015 | viewed 4,869 times

  With the world’s fourth largest gas reserves, Turkmenistan has enough to keep everybody happy. But for the remote Central Asia country and its suitors, taking…

• Azerbaijan Eyeing Gas Opportunity In Europe

  Published 11 March 2015 | viewed 6,597 times

  Azerbaijan is running lower on energy income but, amidst a revived push for a role in gas distribution in Europe, not on energy-ambitions. Baku is…

• Could Turkey Become The New Ukraine?

  Published 12 February 2015 | viewed 22,344 times

  The deepening crisis in Ukraine is boosting Turkey’s decade-long efforts to establish itself as the lynchpin in energy flows from eastern providers to European customers.…

• The Beginning Of the End For Putinism

  Published 24 January 2015 | viewed 7,023 times

  The combination of Western sanctions and the collapse of oil prices is exposing deep structural problems in Russia’s economy, and it is showing the petro-state…

• Central Asia In For A Painful 2015

  Published 21 January 2015 | viewed 6,440 times

  The International Monetary Fund has revised downward its forecast for growth in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union to account for dramatically lower oil…

• What Part Did Russia Play In Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Gas Dispute?

  Published 10 January 2015 | viewed 9,143 times

  Kyrgyzstan is happy because 60,000 customers in a potentially restive part of the country aren’t relying on dung to heat their homes; Uzbekistan again has…

• Azerbaijan Can Handle Low Oil Prices Say Officials

  Published 03 January 2015 | viewed 6,297 times

  “Azerbaijan is not afraid of $60 per barrel,” a headline on the pro-government Azerbaijani news site Trend proclaimed recently. But with Brent crude oil, the…

• Russia Hopes To Win Turkey Over With New Pipeline Deal

  Published 13 December 2014 | viewed 14,263 times

  Energy-poor Turkey stands to benefit from Moscow’s surprise decision to drop the $45-billion South Stream natural gas pipeline project, analysts say. At the same time,…

• Is Big Change On The Horizon For Eurasian Gas Market?

  Published 08 November 2014 | viewed 9,571 times

  It has been a chastening few months for gas-rich Turkmenistan. Two long-standing energy buyers have indicated they will stop purchasing the country’s natural gas, potentially…

• Oil Price Slump Threatens Kazakhstan’s Stability

  Published 01 November 2014 | viewed 11,169 times

  The steep decline in global oil prices is stoking angst in Kazakhstan. Experts and officials alike say the government has ample resources to grapple with…