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The Georgian energy ministry has sidestepped claims that it was ready to buy gas from Russia after a seven year hiatus. While analysts maintain having multiple suppliers is a sound policy, purchasing natural gas from Gazprom appears to carry too much political baggage to be worth the cost. Georgian...
Over the last few weeks, Turkish and Caspian authorities have several times celebrated the successful implementation of their oil and gas pipelines, alongside announcing their willingness to cooperate in building the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway, though they are still need the consent of two excluded...
The Interconnector Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania-Hungary (AGRI) pipeline project is still possible, and could provide a stimulus for “east Caspian countries” to produce more gas, according to energy specialist Liana Jervalidze. AGRI, a proposed source of liquid national gas (LNG) to Europe...
The decision on which pipeline will bring Caspian gas to Europe will be decided in a few months. But the impact for Georgia has already started, according to Neil Dunn, the general manager and vice president of BP Georgia. The choice between Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP)...
Logistics, not politics, should determine pipeline routes, according to Dr. Hossein Esmaeili, the general director of Europe, America and Caspian Sea Neighboring Countries at the Ministry of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a speech on energy security and the role of Iran and Georgia at...
When a European traveller arrived at the Black Sea city of Trabzon in 1878 after months in the wild Anatolian interior, he asked a local if he could find some long-absent signs of civilisation in the city.“Of course”, the local replied, “Trabzon is Europe!”* Such a claim would...
Georgia-focused Frontera Resources has announced today that it has received approval from the Georgian government to install a pipeline on the Mtsare Khevi field. The pipeline, which will be 8 kilometres long when completed, will enable the company to transport gas from the field. The company had...
An unfortunate consequence of lofty expectations, past optimism for the Black Sea to become the “next North Sea” has wilted with time. Now, the latest hopes for a Black Sea energy bonanza now lie with a fresh deal inked between the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and Royal Dutch Shell...
Range Resources has announced upcoming activity in Georgia, the former Soviet republic neighbouring Russia and Azerbaijan. The Australian-based oil and gas companyissued a statement that it had, along with joint venture partners, Strait Oil and Gas UK and Red Emperor Resources, executed a heads of agreement...
Pipeline politics is often seen in very simplistic terms, and it’s true that far too much ink was spilled last year, like every year, on ‘pipeline struggles’ – but the coming year is likely to be dominated by the status of gas pipelines in the wider region. Firstly, 2013 is of...
