TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – Oil minister said President Rouhani today will officially propose a new plan for oil and gas cooperation in the Caspian Sea to his Azerbaijani counterpart. In time with today’s visit of Azerbaijani

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TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – A trilateral agreement has returned exploration teams of the Oil Ministry to Caspian Sea blocks. The first oil field in Caspian Sea deep waters was discovered four years ago;

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Baku, February 23, AZERTAC Following a ceremony of signing documents, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani have made statements for the press. Statement by President Ilham Aliyev: -

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TEHRAN — “We are 5,000 signatures away from banning hunting Caspian Seal,” said Mohammad Darvish, an official with the Department of Environment. “As specified by the United Nations

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 Legal Status of Caspian Sea Introduction The Caspian Sea is the biggest enclosed body of water on Earth, having an even larger area than that of the American Great Lakes or that of Lake Victoria in East Africa. The length of the

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Introduction   The tragedy of the commons dates all the back to Aristotle.  It is the story of humans depleting and destroying the free gifts of the world.  There have been many incidences of other commons being destroyed like, the Black Sea,

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CASPIAN SEA ISSUES Questions surrounding the legal status of the Caspian Sea have hindered--but not stopped--further development of the Sea's mineral resources. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the independence of three new countries

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Abstract With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Caspian Sea and its natural resources became a source of contention for Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The underlying issue is paradoxical in light of its misleading simplicity – is the

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Russian Defense Ministry’s Southern Military District’s press center said that more than 50 Russian warships and support vessels are preparing to begin naval exercises in the Caspian Sea.   © Sputnik/ Vitaly Anjkov Russian Warships Begin Mine Detection Drills in Caspian, Black Seas MOSCOW

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The Iskander-M missiles have been launched from Russian Kapustin Yar Range near the city of Astrakhan, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s Southern Military District’s press service. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Missile Forces will launch live-fire Iskander-M

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Russian warships have started searching for mines and submarines in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the framework of the Southern Military District combat readiness check drills, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said in a

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TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – An official of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) has said operation of new oil storage facilities will improve Iran’s oil swap capacity. Hamid Reza Shahdoust who was talking to reporters on Wednesday

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The general cargo ship Port Olya 3 grounded in Caspian sea on 15 nautical miles South-East off Lagan, Russia. The vessel was proceeding at Volga – Caspian sea Canal, when suffered steering gear failure and ran aground into a sandy/mud

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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 19 By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: Turkmenneft State Concern starts implementation of plans on the development of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry said. Turkmenistan’s sea resources are estimated at 12 billion tons of oil

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) will additionally produce around 32.85 mcm of gas and 5,480 tons of condensate annually by commissioning a well at the Guneshli offshore field after overhaul, the company

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Two and a half years ago Iran sent out a pretty serious warning to the people living along the Caspian Sea: don’t swim or bathe in its waters. The sea, officials said, is heavily polluted with crude oil

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ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has closed one of its offices in Azerbaijan, the country's tax ministry said on Feb. 17, the result of a delayed oil project. The office was linked to an oil production project on

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The export of Russian black caviar has tripled in the first eleven months of last year compared with the same period of 2014, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported on Friday. Read more about 50 tons of black caviar, and exported 4.71

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TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – IRISL managing director announced that for the first time in five years an Iranian container ship has left for European ports. Managing Director of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad

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TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gregory Karasin will arrive in Iran on 2 March for a two-day visit for talks on Caspian region and Central-Asian issues, Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Sat. The

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TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Head of Aquatics’ Knowledge, Industry and Market Coordination Association said the project of extracting anti liver cancer medicines from sea cucumbers is currently underway at Shahid Beheshti University. Abasali Matlabi maintained that

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TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – An energy analyst has said Iran can establish an energy trade zone in the Caspian Sea region to export electricity to its neighbors instead of natural gas. Mahmoud Khaghani, a member of

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TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy-foreign minister and Turkmen foreign minister have urged extension of bilateral and regional cooperation. Ehrahim Rahimpour, Deputy-FM for Asian-Pacific and special envoy to Caspian Sea affairs met with Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow

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TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published its latest version of the Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin for the period January-March 2016 that indicating that Dieback of

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan’s SOCAR-AQS drilling has started drilling a new well at the Western Absheron field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, the company told Trend Feb. 15. “The drilling of the horizontal

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: A report on the construction pace of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline was delivered at a meeting of the Turkmen Cabinet of Ministers, the Turkmen government said Feb. 27. It is reported that the work is carried

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Turkmenistan, an energy-rich Central Asian nation with abundant oil and gas reserves, intends to realize its plans on developing huge hydrocarbon resources in its own sector of the Caspian Sea. Turkmenistan’s state concern Turkmenoil will deal with implementing the development of

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BP Azerbaijan, which is the operator of the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) Contract Area, has published the report on the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the 3D seismic survey within the contract area. The 3D seismic

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The workshop entitled "Caspian Sea - Sustainable Development and Management" will be held in Turkmenistan's resort city Avaza March 7-18, the Turkmen government said Feb. 27. The purpose of the workshop is to further develop the cooperation of the

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By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: Azerbaijani State Oil Company (SOCAR) will produce nearly 11,000 tons of oil and over 5.8 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas annually by putting into operation a new well on Oil Rocks offshore field,

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By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend: The UK fully supports the implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project, the country’s ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore said, Turkish TGRT TV channel reported March 1. The diplomat noted that the SGC project will ensure

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By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: A meeting of heads of railway and maritime offices of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Georgia was held in Turkmenistan’s Avaza national tourist zone, a message of the Turkmen government said March 1. The issues on development of

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By Seba Aghayeva – Trend: The implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project, envisaging Azerbaijani gas supply to Europe, is vital for EU’s energy strategy, said Federica Mogherini, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. The SGC ensures

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By Azad Hasanli - Trend: The implementation of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project gave considerable impetus to the implementation of other energy projects, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak said. He made the remarks during the second

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TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Funded by Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), a group of researchers at Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Iran, monitored the heavy metal pollution in Anzali Wetland. The study was

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Moscow wants to ease customs procedures for Iranian agricultural products and speed up their delivery, according to Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Sergey Levin. During a two-day visit to Iran he said the southern Russian ports of Makhachkala and Astrakhan on the

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The vessels from the Black Sea fleet will continue sailing as part of Russia’s naval group in the Mediterranean tasked with supporting anti-terrorist operations in Syria, Commander Admiral Alexander Vitko announced. Russian corvettes equipped with Kalibr cruise missile

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Talking to reporters at the end of the Third Meeting of Caspian Seal littoral States Transportation Ministers in Tehran, he said that all five Caspian Sea littoral countries stressed the need for facilitating visa issuance for drivers and visitors. 'We

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Tehran, Feb 29, IRNA – Director General for Europe, America and Caspian Sea Neighbors in the Ministry of Petroleum Hossein Esmaeili said that Swiss companies are interested in buying petrochemical products from Iran. Following a meeting with a visiting

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Moscow, Feb 27, IRNA – The second volume of a book on interpretation of Persian manuscripts was presented to the scientific and religious community during a ceremony held in the Islamic studies center of Institute of International Relations at

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Sari, Feb 26, IRNA- Director of Caspian Sea Shipping said that 24 cargo ships were organized to carry export products to Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Ali Mohammadi said on Friday that the capacity of these container

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called on to reconsider the eliminated Nabucco West project. “Proposal for the Nabucco gas pipeline was partially eliminated after imposing sanctions against Iran and now with the

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Iran, where beaches are segregated by gender and alcohol is banned, is getting its first foreign-branded seaside hotel, complete with swimming pools, bars and a spa. Melia Hotels International SA plans to open the five-star property in a 130-meter (427-feet) tower

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Topaz Energy and Marine has signed a contract with BP to provide 14 offshore support vessels to support projects in Azerbaijan. Dubai-based Topaz, which is a subsidiary of Oman’s Renaissance Services, said that the deal would cover a five-year period, plus

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Topaz Energy and Marine has signed a contract with BP to provide 14 offshore support vessels to support projects in Azerbaijan. Dubai-based Topaz, which is a subsidiary of Oman’s Renaissance Services, said that the deal would cover a five-year period, plus

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Russian crude and condensate output edged lower in February from a record the previous month amid talks with Saudi Arabia and other exporters about a production freeze. Oil production fell 0.2 percent to 10.885 million barrels a day from January, according to

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Turkey’s state oil company will press ahead with plans for an initial public offering as soon as next year, but only if oil prices return to at least $60 a barrel from near $30 now, Chief Executive Officer Besim Sisman

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Russian plans to build new gas pipelines to Europe are politically motivated with little economic logic, a senior U.S. official said. President Vladimir Putin has proposed new links to Europe via the Baltic and Black Sea that would bypass an existing transit corridor

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The US President Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to assist in establishing peace between Yerevan and Baku which are at loggerheads due to the occupation of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region by Armenia, Rob Sobhani, CEO of the US Caspian Group

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iran is capable of turning into a regional tourism hub in the near future, a Spanish envoy to Tehran believes. “Iran will turn into a regional tourism and economic destination,” IRNA news agency

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: A train will run twice a week between Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan city and Iran’s Mashhad city, an Iranian envoy has told Trend. Iran’s Consul General in Nakhchivan Mansour Airom has said that Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways

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The European Commission has approved the agreement between the Greek authorities and the TAP AG company on the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) gas pipeline bringing Azeri gas to Europe, the commission said in a statement on Thursday. BRUSSELS

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The Russian Central District air defense servicemen will perform protection excercises in Siberia, according to the Central Military District. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian air defense units with the Central Military District (CMD) will provide cover for military and industrial objects from a simulated enemy’s

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Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Georgia and Turkmenistan have signed a protocol on cooperation in the sphere of railway and sea transport. Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (Azeri acronym: AXDG) reports that the Protocol was signed during the meeting of heads of

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Trend: Azerbaijan intends to keep the oil production in 2016 at the 2015 level, head of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev said in an interview with ANS TV channel. He noted that the projects for increasing the production

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Legal regime of Caspian Sea: condominium, division, or continuation of multilateral cooperation Pourshykhian A.R. Extended Abstract Introduction Before the 18th century A.D., the large enclosed today of Mazandaran sea belonged to Iran. After emerging Czarism in Russia and imposing the shameful treaty

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The Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security This volume is based on the presentations and deliberations of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security" that was held on March 15-19, 1999, in Venice (Italy). The

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Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas The present volume contains the presentations of a NATO advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “The invasion of the Black, Mediterranean and Caspian Seas by the American Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi Agassiz: a multidisciplinary

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Elena Kosolapova – Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor project, which envisages transportation of the Azerbaijani gas to Europe, has enjoyed strong political support from the EU as it is seen as allowing for diversification of supplies and routes, as it would

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Trend: Azerbaijan and Hungary can jointly work in Iran, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He made the remarks during Azerbaijan-Hungary business forum in Baku March 6. The business forum is being held during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to

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Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Turkmenistan’s Ahal province has started to receive natural gas transported via the recently commissioned East-West gas pipeline, said a message from Turkmenistan’s Oil and Gas Ministry. The pipeline’s length is 733 kilometers, while its capacity is 30 billion

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Trend: Kyiv and Tehran are discussing the possibility of supplying oil from Iran through Ukraine, as well as oil refining at Ukrainian enterprises, RIA Novosti quoted Ukraine’s deputy Prime Minister Gennadiy Zubko as saying March 7. “We are interested in diversification of

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/By Azernews/ By Aynur Karimova Azerbaijan and Iran, both nations enjoying huge natural gas reserves in the world, have a potential to become key suppliers of gas to the European market, Omid Shokri Kalehsar believes. The energy

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By Amina Nazarli Baku is one of the most fantastic places in the world, located at the meeting-point of Europe and Asia. Few cities in the world are changing as quickly as Baku and nowhere else in Eurasia,

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Tehran, March 6, IRNA – Senior Researcher from German University of Munich, Dr. Christian Konrad Piller, said on Sunday that he had done much archeological work in Iran, notably detecting hints of public social standings in the country in

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With the break-up of the Soviet Union and the troubles prevalent in the Balkans there has been much renewed interest in the early history of Eastern Europe. Troubles have fuelled nationalist tendencies in the region and there has been much

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Russia's plans to introduce a new amphibious assault ship into its Caspian Flotilla has raised questions among just which of its neighbors' shores Russia envisages assaulting.  The new ship will join the Caspian Flotilla next year, according to a report by

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By Hossein Kebriaeezadeh* Any assessment of military cooperation between Iran and Russia would be meaningless outside the general framework of the two countries’ relations. Therefore, study of the two countries’ relations and approaches to each other will shed more light on

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by Paul Salopek The boulders sit on a hillside above the glittering mirror of the Caspian Sea. They are made of limestone, these weathered, bone-smooth rocks. They are the color of chalk. Some are shaped—partly hewn—into oblong surfaces: into tympanums. Hammer them

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TBILISI – Thousands gathered in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Sunday to protest negotiations between the government and Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom. Linked arm-in-arm in a 7 kilometer-long human chain from the government’s headquarters to the Russian Embassy and chanting ‘No

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Construction works for the Trans-Adriatic pipeline (TAP) are planned to begin in May, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev told ANS TV on Sunday. The construction work on the TAP had been expected to start in March but the date

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Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the 14th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology, underway at Iran National Museum in Tehran (March 6-8), Sauer provided a profile of his excavation work in Gorgan, north of Iran, in the

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Plans for a new Euro-Caspian pipeline will solidify the west's dependence on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes. This new documentary shows why we should stop and think. “Of course we need a different energy model,” Alberto Santoro states emphatically. “It is

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Diplomatic attention has intensified on the project of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) while both obstacles to and incentives for its realization increase. Turkmenistan's commitment to the project may be inferred from the finally completed construction of its East-West Pipeline

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Malaysia's Reach Energy Berhad entered into a tripartite conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement March 5 with Palaeontol Cooperatief U.A. and MIE Holdings Corp. to acquire a 60 percent stake in Palaeontol B.V., the company announced Monday on local exhange Bursa

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By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: Some $696.1 million has been allocated since the beginning of construction to finance the construction of a new generation drilling rig in Azerbaijan, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) told Trend. "Some $287.6 million has been

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: The US company Greenfields Petroleum for the third time has prolonged the loan agreement on the allocation of funds to develop the Bahar-Gum Deniz block of Azerbaijani oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea and

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan intends to set single tariff for cargo transportation with the countries through which the Trans-Caspian transport corridor runs, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahil Babayev told reporters March 9. He noted that the country has already reached

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Trend: The Georgian government aims at ensuring stable and uninterrupted gas supply, Mikheil Janelidze, Georgian foreign minister, said. Janelidze made this statement following the negotiations and the agreement with SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan). The gas supply was problematic after the recent

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide expert assistance to the Coordinating Council on Transit Freight of Azerbaijan in expanding the functionality of the Council’s electronic portal, Azerbaijani deputy minister of economy, Sahil Babayev

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By Aynur Karimova Turkmenistan, which ranks sixth for its natural gas reserves of 265 trillion cubic feet, has started supplying gas to its Ahal province via the recently commissioned East-West gas pipeline. Turkmen Oil and Gas and Natural

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By Gulgiz Dadashova Greenfields Petroleum Corporation, engaged in development and production of proven oil and gas reserves mainly in Azerbaijan has announced about prolonging the loan agreement stipulating funding of the development of the Bahar-Gum Deniz block of Azerbaijani

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Tehran, March 9, IRNA – FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran and to the Economic Cooperation Organization Serge Nakouzi on Wednesday acknowledged a contract with Japan International Cooperation Agency to revitalize Lake Orumiyeh. The plan

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A senior official with TMK, Russia’s largest manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday the company is in talks to supply Iran’s oil and gas sector with pipes. “We have a program underway to

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan’s gas reserves are quite enough to fill Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), Natiq Aliyev, Azerbaijani energy minister, said in an interview with Natural Gas Europe. He said that the project is designed to export Shah Deniz gas

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Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR says it is looking to revive trade with Iran as the two neighbors are strengthening relations after the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.  Azeri President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to

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by Frank Jacobs What colour is the sea? Why, blue of course (1). Unless you're Homer. In which case your numerous references to the Aegean as the "wine-dark sea" will puzzle scholars for centuries to come (2).

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Baku, AZERTAC Azerbaijan and Iran have discussed operational conditions on the state border as Chief of the State Border Service Elchin Guliyev met with commander of the Iranian Border Guard Qasem Rezaee. They explored prospects of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan’s State Border

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The security architecture of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed inland body of water in the world, may soon change. Of all the states that border the sea — Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan — Russia has the

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Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran, which are the five Caspian littoral states, have convened in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan from January 27-29 to talk about the legal status of the sea. The Caspian Sea has been a cause

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By Aynur Karimova Azerbaijan and Qatar, the two energy-rich countries located in the South Caucasus and the Middle East regions, respectively, have expressed intention to further develop both political and economic relations. President Ilham Aliyev believes that the two countries should raise

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The Coordinating Council for Transit of Cargo that operates in Azerbaijan has reported significantly increases in transit traffic from neighboring Turkey. In January-February 2016 more than 1500 Turkish trucks used Azerbaijan's territory for transit, which were on their way

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The 4th Global Baku Forum titled 'Towards a Multipolar World' has started in Baku today. Its opening is attended by the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s first lady Mehriban Aliyeva and the vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation,

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The FINANCIAL -- According to the analysis of the geography of export supplies of Ukrainian groats held by APK-Inform analysts, Ukraine actively supplies the reporting commodities to countries of the Caspian-Black Sea region, in particular, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: The BP company, an operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) block of oil and gas field development, plans to suspend two platforms for scheduled maintenance work in 2016, Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey at BP

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iranian police have seized about 600 kilograms of narcotics within the past 11 months, which were to be trafficked into Azerbaijan, Commander of Iran's Border Police Brigadier-General Qasem Rezaei told Trend in Baku.

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By Elchin Mehdiyev, Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor project will become a new energy source for Europe, Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said March 11. He made the remarks during the discussion ‘The future of energy, the future of

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By Vagif Sharifov, Anakhanum Khidayatova – Trend: Trend Agency has had an exclusive interview with the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, who earlier arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to take part in the Fourth Global Baku Forum. The interview with

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By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend: Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan consider opening a new route on the Caspian Sea, said Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC. He made remarks at an international scientific conference titled "The role of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on the

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By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: The revenues of Shah Deniz -2 and Southern Gas Corridor projects will exceed the expenditures by 2028-2030, Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said in an interview with Natural Gas Europe. Azerbaijan eyes Shah Deniz, TANAP and TAP

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By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend: Azerbaijan makes significant contribution to ensuring the world’s energy security, Turkey’s former foreign minister Hikmet Cetin told reporters in Baku, March 10. He noted that the energy security is a very important issue. “The Middle East and South

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By Anakhanum Hidayatova – Trend: Italy supports the quick implementation of construction project of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which will connect Azerbaijan through Turkey and Albania with Greece and Italy, Franco Frattini, Italy’s ex-foreign minister, told reporters March 10 in

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Kiev says Ankara is considering an offer to buy Ukrainian coal mines as part of the country's plan to privatize state assets this year. During his visit to Ankara, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko asked Turkish

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On February 23, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Tehran, where he met with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. Notably, the two presidents signed 11 memoranda of understanding (MoU) across several areas of cooperation, including energy, the economy and transport (IRNA,

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Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is on track to deliver a fifth high-specification accommodation semisubmersible (semi) to Floatel International Ltd (Floatel) on time, on budget and with a perfect safety record.

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Russia is investing tens of millions of dollars to refurbish a pair of hulking Cold War-era ships, outfitting them with Moscow’s latest anti-air and ship defense systems and next-generation missiles. The nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruisers were developed in the late 1970s and

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Kazakhstan is embarking on some of the most ambitious reforms in its independent history as President Nursultan Nazarbayev moves to implement his election campaign platform of five institutional reforms. President Nazarbayev announced in his inaugural speech last May that a “Plan

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Aer Lingus business class wins wine award Aer Lingus has won an award for the red wine served in business class in the prestigious Business Traveller magazine Cellar in the Sky Awards. The wine chosen by food consultant

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Turkey and Ukraine decided to cooperate in a number of fields, including politics, economy, education and tourism, during a three-hour Turkey-Ukraine High Level Strategic Council meeting which was chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko

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Read the rest of this TXF article here: http://www.txfnews.com/News/Article/5472/KazMunaiGas-crashes-prepayment-party-to-improve-debt-profile. For more high quality trade, export & agency, and commodity finance journalism and events, visit www.txfnews.com Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunaiGas (KMG), an umbrella company of several subsidiaries, is closing a $3

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Russian natural gas giant Gazprom connected the Pisarevka-Anapa gas pipeline, which lies on Russian soil and was constructed as part of the abandoned South Stream Project, to the existing Blue Stream pipeline to increase exports to Turkey. Russian news agency Sputnik

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Denholm Oilfield Services has secured contracts worth $110 million in the Caspian and Middle East region in the last 12 months. The company, which has held a presence in key locations such as Kazakhstan during the past two decades, is benefiting

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By Aygun Badalova, Elena Kosolapova - Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor, which proposes gas supplies from the Caspian region to Europe, is an essential project and must be supported, the British Transatlantic and Caucasus Studies Institute director Ziba Norman told Trend. “The

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Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas has said the Middle Corridor, a proposed transportation network extending from the Caspian Sea through Turkey and Azerbaijan to Central Asia and China, will boost economic recovery in the region, Anadolu agency reported. Addressing the 9th

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Farnaz Heidari TEHRAN — Human-induced warming of the climate is expected to continue throughout the 21st century and beyond. Our climate is influenced significantly by changes in atmospheric

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A meeting of the delegations led by chief of the State Border Service (SBS), Colonel General Elchin Guliyev, Deputy Director of the Russian Federation’s Federal Security Service, head of the Border Service Vladimir Kulishov

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Baku - APA-Economics. Ali Hasanov, Azerbaijani president's aide for public and political affairs, has called on Japanese companies to join an initiative to transport gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe on a route that does not go through

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Baku. Hafiz Heydarov – APA. Azerbaijan’s border guards detained 34 people in 22 cases who attempted to illegally cross the state border of Azerbaijan in February 2016, the State Border Service told APA on Monday.   Of them, 11 are citizens

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Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company Chairman Askar Mamin, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey Binali Yildirim and President of Turkish railway company TCDD Omer Yildiz discussed transport and logistics cooperation during the recent Eurasia Rail 2016

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By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Primary studies of a project to carry water from the Caspian Sea to central Iran are concluded, Hamid Chitchian, Iran’s energy minister said. The project will be implemented after coordination with the Environment Protection Organization, Chitchian said,

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The Caspian Sea is situated on the border of Europe and Asia. It is bordered with the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran. The Caspian is the largest inland body of water in the world. Since the ancient

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by Farid Rauf oglu Shafiyev The Caspian Sea is the largest closed water body in the world and is surrounded by five states--Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. It has an area of 440,000 square kilometers with an ultra-depth of 1,025

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Baku, AZERTAC One of the most significant events of the agricultural sector, Caspian and Black Sea Agrarian Congress will take place in Baku, on April 12-13. The all-Ukrainian public organization Ukrainian Grain Association and the information-analytical agency APK-Inform are the Congress organizers. Organizational

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A bird watcher has sighted a Caspian gull at Kundapur in Udupi district. M. Ranganath Bhat from Mangaluru, a member of Coastal Karnatka Bird Watchers Network, spotted this the bird in the backwaters of Kundapur on February 21. It

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By Aygun Badalova - Trend: The meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, which was initially scheduled for March 20 in Russia, will unlikely take place. Reuters, referring to OPEC sources reported that the meeting on a plan to freeze output levels

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TransCaspian 2016, the 15th Anniversary International Transport, Transit and Logistics Exhibition, will take place from 11 - 13 May at Baku Expo Centre. This year, the exhibition is marking its 15th anniversary. Over the years, the exhibition has established itself as

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Azerbaijan is Kazakhstan’s strategic partner in the Caucasus. Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev made the remark during the meeting with Azerbaijan’s new ambassador to Kazakhstan Rashad Mammadov, KAZINFORM news agency reported on March 15. “We actively cooperate in the spheres of energy, logistics

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Trend: The terror attacks on Turkey will have no effect, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, while making the statement for the media, following the fifth meeting of the Turkey-Azerbaijan High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council in Ankara, March 15. “First of all, on behalf

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Kazakhstan is acquiring new naval mines to help defend its shores on the Caspian Sea from marine invasion. Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense made that announcement just days after Russia's military created a stir by announcing it was acquiring a new

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No Sabotage! Over 20 Warships of Russia’s Caspian Flotilla Hold Drills More than 20 warships of the Russian Caspian Flotilla took part in the anti-sabotage exercises, the press service of Russia's Southern Military District said in a statement on

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By Khalid Kazimov – Trend: Iran and Russia are capable of swapping oil and gas, says Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. At a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in Tehran, Zanganeh said that expansion of cooperation with Russia is

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By Khalid Kazimov – Trend: Iran plans to increase its exports volume to Russia by $ 1.5 billion in the new Iranian fiscal year (starting March 21), Asadollah Asgaroladi, a member of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce said. Iran currently exports

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Iranian and Russian officials in a meeting here agreed on holding documents exhibitions and conferences as well as seminars for commemorating over 500 years of Iran-Russia relations, IRNA reported. 'Deputy Head of the Foreign Ministry's Center for International Education and

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By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: With commissioning alkylation units and isomerization at Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TCOR), it will be possible to produce additional 480,000 tons of high-octane gasoline (А-92, А-95 and А-98) per year, said the message from Turkmenistan’s Oil

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Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will use a suite of Honeywell UOP technologies to modernize its oil refinery in Baku, to produce high-quality gasoline that meets stricter emission standards, Honeywell (HON) reported. Honeywell is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing

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By Gulgiz Dadashova Greenfields Petroleum Corporation, engaged in development and production of proven oil and gas reserves mainly in Azerbaijan, has inked a deal to purchase a 66-percent stake in the Bahar Energy Limited Operating Company, a source in the country’s

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By Aynur Karimova Amid the global economic crisis, sharp drop in crude prices, political chaos and bloodshed in the Middle East, as well as increased threat of terrorism, cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey gains much more importance. From this angle, Azerbaijani President

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By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend: Iran has once more emphasized the significance of a proposed draft for the Caspian Sea littoral countries to fight drugs. Iran and Russia enjoy good cooperation in international and regional arenas regarding the fight on drugs, Iranian

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the country’s new defense strategy, which is designed to counter “aggression from Russia.” KIEV (Sputnik) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed the country’s new defense concept that reflects the highest

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Religious hatred and violence are now a sorrowful fact of life, with the killing of Catholic nuns in Yemen on March 4 being only the most recent tragic example. It is a rarity

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The Beginner's Guide to Caviar How to serve, pair, and savor the finest sturgeon roe. There's no quicker way to announce that a meal special. More than lobster or champagne (or even a giant bucket of fried chicken), a dollop of

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President Erdoğan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Aliyev met at the fifth Azerbaijan-Turkey High Strategic Cooperation Council, where Erdoğan announced that the works for the construction of the TANAP are progressing as planned The fifth Azerbaijan-Turkey High Strategic Cooperation Council

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Middle Corridor, a proposed transport network extending from Caspian Sea to Central Asia and China, will boost trade, Turkish Economy Minister Elitas says World Bulletin / News Desk Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas has said the Middle Corridor,

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TEHRAN — The Caspian Sea National Research Center of Iran has recently announced that the sea’s water level has decreased by 30 centimeters over the past two years.

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Road and Traffic 2016, the 6th Caspian International Road Infrastructure and Public Transport Exhibition, will be held at Baku Expo Center on May 11-13. Road&Traffic is the region’s leading trade event bringing together professionals in road and tunnel planning and construction,

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor project’s (SGC) net financial needs for operations and capex will be close to $8.4 billion in 2016-2019, said the message of the international ratings agency Fitch Ratings on March 17.

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By Azad Hasanli - Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Zenith Aran Oil Company, a subsidiary of Canada’s Zenith Energy, signed March 16 an agreement on production sharing, restoration, development and exploration at the block that includes Muradkhanli, Jafarli and

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By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend: Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan are working on the issue of signing certain documents as a part of laying the Caspian segment of the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) project, Elmir Velizade, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Communications and

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By Aygun Badalova - Trend: Construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will not only contribute to energy security, but also will increase competitiveness, boost job creation and growth, Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission’s vice-president for Energy Union, said in an

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By Aynur Karimova The Southern Gas Corridor project, aiming to bring the Caspian gas to Europe, is one of the biggest construction projects of our time. This was announced by Vice-President of the European Commission for Energy Union, Maros Sefcovic at the

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The search for the oil workers, who went missing in the Caspian Sea, continues in Azerbaijan, the country’s ministry of emergency situations said on March 18. The oil workers went missing in an accident on the platform No. 10 of Azerbaijan’s

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By Aynur Karimova The Turkmen Ministry of Oil and Gas and Natural Resources has revealed the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries' liquefied gas production plans for 2016. The ministry reported on March 18 that the complex will produce 340,000 tons of LPG

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Fitch says SGC’s capex to hit $8.4B until 2020 18 March 2016, 11:20 (GMT+04:00) <iframe

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Turkmenistan and the Czech Republic discussed the expansion of cooperation and the possibility of partnership in the fuel and energy industry, transportation and communications sectors, read a Turkmen government message, released March 18. These discussions took place

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By Anakhanum Khidayatova – Trend: Increase of export duty on oil from Russia is a forced measure explained by prolonged sanctions of the West against the Russian Federation, a consultant for the Expert Council of the Union of Russian Oil and

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Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Russia has remembered the project of construction of the canal Caspian Sea –Persian Gulf, developed for the first time by Russian engineers in 1889-1892. Thus, the portal of Russia’s Military & Industrial Courier points out that today such a

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ASTANA – A Kazakh plant is ready to launch the production of sea bottom mines at the request of the country’s Armed Forces. The Ziksto company plans to develop and produce four prototypes in the first stage.   

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Karachaganak field is controlled by a group of investors, which, in addition to the BG Group, include ENI (29,25%), Chevron (18%), LUKoil (13.5%) and KazMunaiGas (10%).  Kazakhstan will not opt to purchase shares of BG Group in the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating

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The fiscal and foreign policy, economic policy and reforms ensure the sustainability of Azerbaijan’s economy, the country’s Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said March 19. He made the remarks during the presentation of bonds of the Southern Gas Corridor

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Iran will receive only a fraction of the $500 billion it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the U.S. Treasury, a major domestic construction company said. “The projects are there, they are

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In a week that saw Russia pulling some of its armed forces out of Syria and signs of increasing cooperation between Russia and the US in the region, it is important to examine Russian interest in energy, and particularly gas,

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Erwin’s decor is just the right side of Moscow ostentation, which makes it a great place for a celebration. But it’s not all appearances. The seafood may be the best in town. Situated at the foot of Hotel Ukraina with

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By Prof. Dr. Rovshan Ibrahimov* Dr. Vassilios Sitaras recently published a policy brief for CCEE titled “Transporting Gas Across the Caspian: A New Option”, proposing an alternative method for delivering natural gas from Turkmenistan across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and

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Investing In Iran Is Still A Key “Uncertainty” Expect Iran will receive much less than $500-B it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the US Treasury. The projects are ready, but the problem

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Russia completed the first tests of their hypersonic Zircon missiles, which they plan to field on their next generation of "Husky" class nuclear submarines and Kirov class battle cruisers. The Zircon missiles can reach speeds of mach 5 or 6, a vast improvement

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Dubai, UAE - Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (in the following referred to as "the period").   Business Highlights · Net Profit for the period was US$

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Siemens UK & Ireland has helped develop an innovative and integrated power management system based upon its SIMATIC PCS 7 platform, which has been specified for use on a collection of five oil rigs situated in the Caspian Sea. Extreme operating

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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS OF THE CASPİAN SEA: İSSUES OF THEORY AND PRACTICE ABSTRACT Since the collapse of the USSR, long established stability of compromise around the Caspian has left its place to competition and confrontation. While the USSR and Iran were

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Hoshang Tale, Ph D (Economics), Consultant Economist & Researcher Before Peter the Great (1682- 1752) played his political games in the Caspian region, this Sea was under the sole control of Iran and was known as the Sea of Mazandaran after

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Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination, said he favors better relations with Russia and the rest of the world. He also questioned the need to spend a “fortune” on NATO, advocating a non-interventionist foreign policy. Trump held

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ROSTOCK, Germany -- Liebherr-Russland and Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft have signed a new contract for the delivery of a Liebherr RL 1500-30 EX Litronic offshore crane, which is to start operations on a satellite platform at Ju. Korchagin oil and gas-condensate field in

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The Early Temples and Monuments of the Alban People in Ancient Azerbaijan According to the information gleaned from numerous historical sources, the territories of ancient Azerbaijan, known as Caucasian Albania (not to be confused with the modern-day Albania in Europe) covered

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Each year, we send our editors and writers on a mission to find the destinations on the vanguard of the travel. The major takeaway from our 28 favorites of 2016? The entire world is getting more adventurous.

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: During the meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah, Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proposed to thoroughly study the possibilities of implementing joint energy projects, said the message

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By Anvar Mammadov – Trend: Azerbaijan's Southern Gas Corridor Company printed its $1bn 10year bond on Thursday 80bp back of the sovereign curve, benefiting from an explicit state guarantee, Global Capital agency reported. Initial price thoughts for the 10 year bond were

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By Anvar Mammadov – Trend: Azerbaijan's Southern Gas Corridor Company has released initial price thoughts for a ten-year bond at seven percent yield area, Global Capital agency reported. Depending on market conditions, the SGC's bond offering under the state guarantee is forecasted

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Iran and France's Total have signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) on giant South Azadegan oil field, Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told Mehr News Agency. According to the signed agreement, Total is allowed to study the giant oil field to

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By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran is in talks to purchase the shares of an oil refinery or build a new refinery in Spain, Abbas Kazemi, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) told Shana. He didn't

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Russia's "Krasnoye Sormovo" shipyard will sign a contract to build two tankers for Azerbaijan till the end of March, General Director Nikolai Zharkov said reporters on Friday, according to TASS. "Until the end of March will sign a contract with a

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Trend: Joint military exercises of Azerbaijani and Turkish air forces, TURAZ Shahini–2016, have wrapped up in Konya, Turkey, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said March 25. Azerbaijani Air Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Ramiz Tahirov and Commander of the Turkish Air Force

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Trend: Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and the US Department of Defense held bilateral consultations in the defense sector in Washington March 23, according to the message of Azerbaijani Embassy in the US. Issues of military cooperation in the context of strategic cooperation between

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Nearly 150 political activists and rights campaigners have been released in Azerbaijan as the government of President Ilham Aliyev attempts to deflect international criticism of its human rights record. The dissidents were pardoned on Thursday as part of an amnesty

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Iran exported 14mn barrels of oil to Europe since mid-Jan. Iran says it has exported 14 million barrels of oil to Europe ever since the sanctions against the country were lifted in mid-January. Iran’s Oil Ministry has announced in

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Iran invited to Doha oil freeze talks Qatar’s media said on Wednesday that the country has invited Iran to join talks over implementing a proposed oil production freeze to help stabilize prices. Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and Industry has

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Iran announces major jump in oil exports Iran says its oil exports have already reached around 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in what could highlight a major progress in the country’s post-sanctions oil industry performance. Iran’s First Vice

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P&I provides larger liability support for Iran oil imports As Iran is moving ahead with a promised rise in its oil exports, indications are appearing that the international businesses are trying to ease the flow of the Iranian oil

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Iran using Asian help to revamp refineries Iran said on Friday that it is working with Asian investors and builders to revamp several of its key refineries. Abbas Kazemi, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and

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Trapped in limbo on the Caspian Sea, a watery link on the modern Silk Road. by Paul Salopek Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age.

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Nowadays, a variety of means are being used in order to implement and extend the “controlled chaos” in the national economies and societies in the geopolitical struggle. The actor, who is using the tool, is maintaining the “controlled chaos” within

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While Georgia has been caught up recently in a major pipeline competition, with Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran all making a play for the action in this small, strategically located energy-transit hub, some men in the central Georgian village of Ruisi

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Alexander Cooley in his book, Great Games Local Rules, describes a new great game where the post-soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan take orders from Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. He describes this geopolitical concept as a

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By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, is not dead and negotiations over realization of the project continue, the Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company Hamid Reza Iraqi told Fars News Agency. "Pakistan has agreed to build a 100km-pipeline

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Iran's 'Suez Canal': Tehran Could Connect Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf One of the most ambitious initiatives that Tehran plans to launch will see an artificial channel link

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Construction of a navigable channel linking the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf is underway. It is expected the project will be completed in the 2020s. The project is particularly interesting for Russia due to the cold spell with Turkey, but European and post-Soviet states

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By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: Azerbaijani gas price for European countries will be set on the Turkish border, Milliyet newspaper reported citing Gurkan Kumbaroglu, president of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). He said Turkey can play a key role in

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Trend: Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 112 times by using 60 and 82 mm caliber mortars in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense ministry said

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Trend: The information spread by the Armenian side that allegedly, Armenian civilians suffered as a result of the shelling by Azerbaijani armed forces, is false, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told Trend March 26. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry denies these allegations of Armenians who suffer

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Trend: Azerbaijani serviceman, lance sergeant Elshad Abbaszade was killed as a result of armed clashes on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on March 25, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has expressed deep condolences to the relatives and

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Trend: Azerbaijan supplied 594.46 million cubic meters of gas to Turkey in January of 2016, compared to 577.36 million cubic meters in January of 2015, said the report from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA). This is while the country delivered 6.17

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Trend: Turkmenistan and Russia have discussed the prospects for intensifying the interregional cooperation in various spheres, said the message from Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The sides focused on the spheres of mechanical engineering, energy, chemical, oil and gas industry, agriculture,

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Kazakhstan is a top-10 country in many things. Being the world’s ninth biggest country it is the largest economy in Central Asia and second largest among former Soviet Republics. Kazakhstan’s land holds the entire periodic table of elements with active

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ASTANA – Located in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, the Barsakelmes Nature Reserve was added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) during a meeting of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the

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Profit at Topaz Energy and Marine dropped by 63 per cent last year, as it suffered from the oil price-driven industry slump. The Dubai-headquartered shipping company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Muscat-listed Renaissance Services, yesterday reported a drop of

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Caspian Offshore Construction (COC) is a world-class marine company, supporting oil and gas (O&G) offshore exploration, development and production activities for more than ten years. Core services include offshore safety standby, firefighting, supply, ice breaking and ice management, towing, offshore accommodation,

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UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has supplied a large range of its popular VFF flowmeters for the Shah Deniz gas fields located in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan. The orders called for various specifications of meter, which were configured and

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In 1579 Bernardino de Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador in London, wrote to his masters in Madrid to report that numerous English ships had departed for Constantinople carrying cargos of tin and lead. Some of this he called “bell metal”: the

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The Caspian Sea is an important, if often overlooked, region in regard to many of the challenges the U.S. faces around the world, such as a resurgent Russia, an emboldened Iran, wavering allies, growing China, and the rise of Islamic

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Trend: Iran, Russia gas swap remains as an idea at the moment, however Tehran is prepared for that, Hamid Reza Araqi, Iran’s deputy oil minister said. Iran and Russia’s Gazprom have held various talks on the issue in recent months, but no

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President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has laid the pipeline up to the border to export gas to neighboring Pakistan encouraging the government in Islamabad to speed up measures to complete its share on its soil, Shana reported. Speaking at a press

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Trend: A 146-kilometer Yoloten-Tahtabazar power transmission line has been constructed in Turkmenistan towards Afghanistan, the Turkmen government said March 26. A scheme of the route of the new transmission line was delivered to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a meeting of the

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FRANKFORT — It is no longer getting dark at dinner time. We are beginning to have days cresting the 50 degree mark. It is enough to make you want to go fishing. Before you cast a line, however, you need to

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The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, a part of the Azerbaijan-initiated giant Southern Gas Corridor, is not just a major investment for Greece, but also a significant geopolitical tool for this country. Such a remark was made by TAP's country Manager for Greece, Rikard

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Trend: Political support for third countries often becomes unaffordable for regional powers during economic difficulties. Perhaps, in “peacetime” Iran and Russia considered the idea to include Armenia at least in some regional infrastructure projects, including transport, but today the main issue on

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on March 28, said the Kremlin's press service. The two presidents discussed in detail the situation in Syria, particularly in connection with the Syrian Armed Forces’ successful

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Trend: Turkmennebitgazgurlushyk (“Turkmenneftegazstroy”) state concern has begun welding the pipes of the linear part of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline’s Turkmen section. More than 100 units of special equipment are being used within current work, a message released by Turkmen Oil and Gas

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Trend: During a meeting of the Turkmen cabinet of ministers, the country’s president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, gave a number of instructions on further implementing the adopted programs of development, modernization and diversification of the national fuel and energy industry. These steps are meant

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Trend: Turkey and Russia have agreed on the observation flights that were cancelled Feb. 4, the Haber7 newspaper reported March 28 citing diplomatic sources. Reportedly, a group of Russian observers were expected to fly over Turkey’s territory on Feb. 1-5 under the

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Trend: The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Directors will discuss the “Absheron Lakes Cleanup and Rehabilitation” project on July 18, 2017, said the WB. The estimated cost of the project is $100 million, $85 million of which are

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Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will produce about 3,650 tons of oil annually through commissioning of a new well being drilled at the Oil Rocks offshore field in the Caspian Sea. The well’s projected depth is 1,860 meters and its daily

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Trend: Turkmenistan has made a 20-percent discount to Turkey for cargo transportation through the Caspian Sea, Istanbulhaber online newspaper quoted Fatih Sener, executive director of Turkish International Transporters’ Association, as saying March 28. Sener noted that Turkmenistan’s government made a decision on

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Trend: Parliament of Turkmenistan approved and adopted the bill “On Trading Activity”, according to the Turkmen government’s message issued March 28. The bill was passed at a parliament meeting, during which the MPs stressed that systematic work on creation of goods surplus

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Trend: It is planned to hold the UN first World Conference on Sustainable Transport in Turkmenistan in late 2016, according to the message of the Turkmen government. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree, according to which the staff of the organizing

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Russian Foreign Ministry confirms plans to hold a trilateral meeting of Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, Iranian FM Javad Zarif and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told RIA Novosti March 27. " The meeting is being worked

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Energy-rich Turkmenistan will continue to realize programs and projects envisaging further development, modernization and diversification of the national fuel and energy complex. Such an instruction was given by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov at the recent meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the

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Director of the Zoology Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Ilham Alekperov spoke about new discoveries and breakthroughs in this field while talking to Day.Az. “Activity of the Zoology Institute covers all issues related to the fauna of

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Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Business Highlights   * Net Profit for the period was US$ 20.8m before exceptional items, impairment charge

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ASTANA – The Kashagan development project operator – North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) – is planning to substantially expand and extend the first production stage – the Experimental Programme (EP). The operator company has developed an AEP project – Additional

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Russian armament manufactures experienced a marketing bonanza in Vladimir Putin’s Syrian expedition. TASS, the Russian state news agency says negotiations are now going on with countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The SU-34 bomber seems to

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urkmenistan's armed forces are conducting unprecedented large-scale, unannounced exercises, an indication of the growing importance the country's government is placing on its defense. The exercises began "in the dead of night" between Friday and Saturday, on a personal command of President

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Turkmenistan has considered Azerbaijan's proposal on reduction of cargo transportation tariffs and made a 20-percent discount to Turkey for cargo transshipment through the Caspian Sea. Nejat Fatih Sener, the Executive Director of Turkish International Transporters’ Association, said on March 28 that

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Lukoil plans to increase oil production in the Caspian Sea by 7 million tons a year after commissioning the Vladimir Filansky field. Lukoil has already approved all its plans for the Caspian Sea. With the introduction of the full capacity in

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WorldFood Azerbaijan 2016, one of the most important and significant events in the region’s food industry, will take place from May 19-21 at Baku Expo Center. Over the years, the exhibition has established itself as a leading event in

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Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will additionally produce over 6,900 tons of oil and 6.2 million cubic meters of gas a day thanks to the commissioning of a well at the offshore Oil Rocks field after the well has been

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Russian transportation firm River Sea Shipping Company has completed towage operations for two strips of a diving support vessel from the Black Sea to Baku in Azerbaijan. The strips from support vessel Khankendi were delivered via the Russian South river route, connecting Azov

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Trend: Documents on bilateral cooperation in the fields of construction, as well as the purchase and sale of agricultural and industrial equipment have been signed between companies and economic entities of Turkmenistan and Russia, the ministry of foreign affairs of Turkmenistan

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The Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources, according to a global mineral resource assessment led by the U.S. Geological Survey

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The Caspian Sea region has become a central focal point for untapped oil and natural gas resources from the southern portion of the former Soviet Union. Beginning in May 2005, oil from the southern sections of the Caspian Sea began

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CASPIANS or CASPIANS tribes name of an ancient people dwelling along the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, whether north or south of the river Kura is not clear. CASPIANS (Gk. Káspioi), name of an ancient people dwelling along the southwestern shore

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Caspian horse The Caspian is a small horse breed native to Northern Iran. Although its original height probably ranged between 9 and 11.2 hands (36 and 46 inches, 91 and 117 cm) it is termed a horse rather than a pony

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CASPIAN SEA i. GEOGRAPHY The Caspian “sea” consists of three distinct basins, each characterized by different features. hese differences are reflected in the levels of salinity.  CASPIAN SEA, actually a lake, the largest in the world (estimated surface area in 1986: 378,400

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CASPIAN SEA ii. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY IN MODERN TIMES A new area of sub-systemic studies in international relations, which encompasses the Caspian basin and its immediate surroundings, emerged in the post-Soviet Union era. CASPIAN SEA ii. Diplomatic History in Modern Times. A new

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ran's ambitious project to build a 'trans-Iranian' canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf will only be possible with Russia's help, says Bahram Amirahmadiyan, an expert on political geography at the University of Tehran. Over the weekend, media

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Energetic Engagement: Russia Ready to Assist Iran in Power Plant Projects Russia is ready and willing to contribute to the development of Iran's major energy projects, according to Vyacheslav Leonov, press secretary of Russia's state-run energy holding Inter RAO-Export. In an

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Iranian ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said that Russian-Iranian regional and bilateral cooperation has been expanding in the past two years. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tehran and Moscow could implement a large number of economic and industrial projects this year, Iranian ambassador

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Azerbaijan’s Southern Gas Corridor project, aimed to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe, will start operating in two-three years due to support from the US government, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated on Wednesday in joint remarks

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Trend: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and head of the Russian company ARETI Igor Makarov discussed possibilities of implementation of new mutually beneficial projects, the Turkmen government said in a message March 30. During the meeting, Makarov noted high interest of Russian

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Trend: Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed a decree to improve the rules of selling wool, carpets and hand-woven carpets abroad, said the message from the Turkmen government. The document was presented during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, during which

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Trend: A unit for vacuum distillation of fuel oil has been introduced at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TCOR) built by the South Korean consortium of LG and Hyundai, the message of the Turkmen oil and gas ministry said March

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Another provocation by pro-Armenian congressmen raises questions, though, in fact, they called for the withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from Azerbaijan’s occupied lands. The message from the ARFD Hay Dat Committees of Armenians in the US read that 54 members of

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Trend: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the UN have discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the regional security and prospects for cooperation. The discussions were held between Yevgeniy Sysoyev, director of the executive committee of Regional Anti-terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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Iran will start issuing electronic visas for foreign tourists by the end of 2016, Masoud Soltanifar, Iran’s vice-president said. Soltanifar, who heads Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, added that Tehran also pursues the issue of mutual visa waiver with

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In the Caspian Sea basin further reduction of trading activity and freight rates was observed. This was triggered by prohibition on wheat supply to Iran, which entered into force. It was noted that formal ban should not apply to

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Earlier this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin confirmed plans of the Russian authorities to hold a trilateral meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister

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By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel A new study of a tiny organism that has infiltrated nearly two dozen Wisconsin lakes is the latest example of the expensive fight Great Lakes states are

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AZERTAC "I am optimistic about timely implementation of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)," Albanian President Bujar Nishani told journalists. "TAP, a 878km gas pipeline that will transport 10bn cubic metres of Azerbaijani gas from the Greek-Turkish border to Italy through Albania, is a

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Trend: Iran’s oil products imports from Caspian littoral states decreased significantly in first quarter of 2016, the official statistics indicate. According to Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization, the unloading of oil products at Iran’s Caspian ports decreased significantly. Iran’s Neka, Anzali, Fereidoon Kenar

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Trend: The losses of the Tethys Petroleum Limited in 2015 stood at $74.6 million as compared to $16.4 million in 2014, said the company in a message posted on its website March 31. Tethys Petroleum Limited is an oil and gas exploration

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Trend: Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has met with President of the Rumsfeld Foundation and former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld within the framework of the working visit to the US, the website Georgia Online reported. At the meeting, Margvelashvili said in

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Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran will meet in Baku on April 7, said Mariya Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Trend’s correspondent reported March 31. She said that during the meeting the Azerbaijani, Russian and Iranian FMs – Elmar

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Trend: The acquisition issue of 66 percent stake of Greece gas distribution network operator - DESFA by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and sale of 17 percent share to European companies can be solved by late 2016, the

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Trend: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry. Prior to the meeting they made remarks for the press. Welcoming the attendees, John Kerry said he

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By Elena Kosolapova - Trend: Despite the fact that the European Union is ready to resume talks with Russia over the South Stream gas pipeline, the project should fully comply with the rules of the Third Energy Package, independent European

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Trend: Russia and the US are working together within joint international mechanisms to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says Mariya Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson. Approaches of Moscow and Washington cannot be said to be identical or to coincide on all the

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The upcoming Doha meeting on oil production will yield positive results on prices, yet it is far from an ideal move, said Mohammad Ali Khatibi, former Iranian representative in OPEC. The reason is that the meeting is going to focus on

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The Southern Gas Corridor project aimed at delivering Azerbaijan’s natural gas to Europe wouldn’t have advanced without strong US backing, according to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. “We are very grateful to the government of United States for its

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Ever since relations between the United States and Iran grew strained after the Iranian revolution in 1979, as a nation, we have had limited access to the Caspian Sea, the sturgeon fish that reside there, and the roe contained in

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Maritime and transport officials, as well as representatives of the shipping industry, from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan today concluded a two-day seminar organised in the Azerbaijani capital Baku by the EU-funded transport programme TRACECA. The meeting discussed international regulations for

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Travel service Travel.ru has defined what tourism destinations in the CIS countries are the most promising in 2016, Fineko/abc reports. According to the service, the rating is based on the data of growth of bookings of hotels and apartments over

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By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service Police and officers of other security agencies raided 11 church premises and homes of the leaders of New Life Pentecostal Church in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty on 25 March, the day the Church was

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Armenia appears to be the third most popular destination for Russian tourists across the former Soviet Union in 2016, according to the Travel.ru. In 2015 some 1.2 million foreign tourists visited Armenia and more than 500 thousand of them

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Summary China agreed to help Iran building a railway which will form part of China's High Speed Silk Road Railway. China has a winning SRR formula: dual-Usage bullet train technology and irresistible co-operation terms. When SRR completed, freight train from China can reach

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Aspen Institute Romania organized Bucharest Forum-Keystone Projects initiative dovetails with Romania long term economic and territorial development strategy, centered on designing concrete measures and projects that support the capacity of urban centers to generate growth and competitiveness. Bucharest Forum / Keystone

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The arc of instability amid the oil rich Southern Caspian and the Middle East made the South Caucasus region another stage for geopolitical struggles. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a small, but a key block of this arc. Armenia, Azerbaijan and

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The meeting will be held at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev. The interaction of the RF, Azerbaijan and Iran in the energy sector will be one of the talks of the foreign ministers of these countries on April 7

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President Vladimir Putin is deeply concerned about the reports of the renewed military actions along the contact line in Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, TASS news agency quoted the Russian president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying Apr. 2. Putin called on the

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Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had emergency phone talks with Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers on the situation in Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, RIA Novosti reported citing Russian Defense Ministry’s press service Apr. 2. On the night of April 2, all

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged to influence the situation in Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region and stop the violence in a phone conversation with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, TASS reported. On the night of April 2, all the

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Iran to start new round of regional diplomatic initiatives in coming days, Tehran’s envoy to Baku, Mohsen Pak Ayeen said. “In coming days we will witness more intensified regional diplomacy of Iran, as trilateral meetings are on the agenda,” Pak Ayeen

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Trend: Shareholders of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project plan to raise additional $2 billion from international finance institutions to fund the project, Rovnag Abdullayev, president of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, told reporters April 2. Abdullayev said the funds are planned

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Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR continues talks with its partners on signing a contract to continue the development of Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) block of oil and gas fields and hopes for speedy solution of this issue, says SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev. An

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Ukraine’s much-touted alternative transit route to China bypassing Russia appears to be over even before began, economist Boris Shmelev told Radio Sputnik on Friday. The Illichivsk-China pilot container train launched by Ukraine as part of the so-called New Silk Road

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On April 2, Armenia and Azerbaijan declared a dramatic escalation of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku and Yerevan traded blame for breaching the truce in the conflict and reported heavy fighting in the area. The

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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group on conflict settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh will meet on Tuesday, April 5 to discuss the renewed violence on the region's border with Azerbaijan, a group co-chair, James Warlick,

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Fluctuating increases in Russia's oil output should not offset the Doha deal to freeze output at January levels throughout 2016 as long as average daily output remains below January levels, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday.

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If Mayor Diana Broderson and the new mayor of Kislovodsk, Alexander Kurbatov, both attend a repeatedly postponed “summit” of U.S.-Russia sister cities planned for early 2017, it could signal a new chapter for the partnership begun in the waning

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The problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia must be solved immediately, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday, Anadolu reported. "It (the problem along the contact line) should be solved within the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity," Cavusoglu told reporters in Turkey's southern

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Trend: Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan on the frontline in Fuzuli, Terter and Aghdam districts, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told Trend. According to the ministry, the fighting currently continues. Earlier Azerbaijan unilaterally suspended the counter-attacks and response

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The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) signed 85 contracts in the past Iranian fiscal year (March 21, 2015 to March 19, 2016), according to the company’s Contracts Affairs CEO Salman Khosravi. He added the contracts included projects in operational, developmental, construction,

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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has held talks over phone with with Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers on the situation in Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region. Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has called for a truce and resolving the existing dispute

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Iran’s oil export has recently surpassed two million barrels per day, the country’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said. “The country now is exporting over two million barrels of gas condensates and crude oil per day,” Zanganeh said, Mehr news agency

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Kashan, April 3, IRNA – Some 3,000 foreign tourists visited natural sightseeings of Niasar, knwon as rose-land for growing rose flowers on the suburbs of Kashan, Isfahan province, in the course of Norouz holidays, caretaker of the city's Municipality

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Astara, April 3, IRNA- Head of Astra Customs General Administration announced that 373,000 tons of non-oil products worth $155m have been exported from the customs of this province during last Iranian year (ended on March 20, 2016). Mohammad Shahbazi told

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Moscow, April 1, IRNA – Some parts of Imam Ali's (AS) famous book, Nahj-ul Balagha, was translated into Tatar language for the first time and published in Russia, it was reported on Thursday. Mohammad Alam Mostafa has made the

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The next meeting of the working group on the legal status of the Caspian Sea will be held in Baku on April 5.  Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov will be represented in Azerbaijan in the meeting. 

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Azerbaijan has further reduced cargo tariffs with a view to enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of transit transport corridors passing through its territory and attract additional cargo traffic to these corridors. The Caspian Shipping CJSC decided to make a 20-percent discount

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Take a virtual tour of the city on the Caspian Sea with 500-year-old steam baths and the world’s largest KFC.   Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the

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Now Armenians, Azerbaijanis and the wider world have been reminded that this conflict is a tinderbox that can still ignite to disastrous effect. The 1994 ceasefire has been shattered. The main victims amongst several dozen dead are the young conscripts

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Since writing last week about an impending drawdown in floating storage which would pressure Brent prices lower, front month Brent has fallen by -6.3% (USD -2.6/bbl). However this has had nothing to do with floating storage as the Bloomberg estimate

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Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association delivers third tugboat of Project 35 Astrakhan based shipyard, the Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association (ASPO, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation) has delivered the third tugboat of Project 35, the Jupiter, says press center of Caspian

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IRNA - Iranian photographer-journalist Afshin Valy Nejad was appreciated in a ceremony held in Tokyo. The ceremony was arranged by Iranian embassy in Japan to appreciate his valuable and impressive media activities especially those related to 2011 earthquake in Japan.

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A member of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy quoted a Foreign Ministry staff member saying that Iran is considering consultation and mediation to help cease recent armed clashes between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Ebrahim Aqamohammadi

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Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Azeri counterpart Zakir Hasanov on Monday discussed latest developments in the Karabakh region in a telephone conversation. Recent tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Karabakh region killed at least 30

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Speedy signing of the convention on the status of the Caspian Sea will contribute to cooperation of the littoral states, Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov said Apr.5. He made the remarks during the meeting of the special working group for

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Trend: Oil production in Kazakhstan's Kashagan oil field is planned to resume in the autumn of 2016, said a message of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), via a pipeline system of which it is planned to transport oil from this field. The

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Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ACSC) announced that the company will buy six vessels for the operation in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Three vessels will be handed over to the shipping company on April 11, while the remaining three by late

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The largest regional forum of producers of agricultural products and food supplies - Azerbaijan International Agriculture Exhibition, Caspian Agro 2016 will take place on 19-21 May in Baku. This year the Exhibition celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the years, the Caspian

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The Russo-Persian Treaty of Friendship was signed on February 26, 1921 between representatives of Iran and the Soviet Russia. Based on the terms of the treaty, all previous agreements made between the signatories including the Treaty of Turkmenchay were canceled.

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Agreement Concerning Persia The Governments of Great Britain and Russia having mutually engaged to respect the integrity and independence of Persia, and sincerely desiring the preservation of order throughout that country and its peaceful develop ment, as well as the

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full text of Treaty of Gulistan (1813) In the name of Almighty God With the intention to cease horror of the war and re-establish steady peace and well-wishing friendship neighborhood shared by Russia Empire and the State of Iran since the

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full text of Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) ARTICLE I His Majesty the Russian Emperor and His Majesty the King of Iran have agreed to eternal peace, friendship and full agreement between them, their heirs to the throne,

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Marriage relationships, recognised by law, are created through registration at the state office of civil registrations (ZAGS). From 1917 a religious ceremony does not trigger legal consequences. The legal formalities required for marriage are comparatively simple. One month before registration both,

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Gilaks People The Gilani people or Gilaks  are an Iranian people native to the northern Iran province of Gilan. Gilaks, along with the closely related Mazandarani people, comprise part of the Caspian people, who inhabit the southern

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Chalus is a city in and the capital of Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44,618, in 12,791 families. Chalus’s neighbour counties are Noshahr in the east, Tonekabon in the west in Mazandaran province and

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Lahijan Lahijan is a Caspian sea resort in and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 71,871, in 21,518 families. The resort Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The

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Ramsar Ramsar is a city in and the capital of Ramsar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 33,018, in 9,421 families. Ramsar lies on the coast of the Caspian Sea. It was also

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Masuleh Masuleh is a city in and the capital of Sardar-e Jangal District, in Fuman County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 554 individuals from 180 families. Historical names for the city include Māsalar

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Baku hosted the next meeting of the special working group created at the level of deputy ministers to develop a convention on a legal status of the Caspian Sea. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov, addressing the session on April

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SOCAR, the state energy company of Azerbaijan attracts 200 million manats ($131.7 million) from the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) for 2016. The funds that SOCAR will get is the next tranche of loans allocated for the drilling works in the

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Azersu OJSC, a company that provides potable water supply and sanitation services across Azerbaijan, signed a contracting agreement with South Korean company Hansol EME Co LTD on April 5 on installation of the waste-water treatment equipment in Pirshagi settlement of

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Kazakhstan, a major oil producer in the Central Asia is keen to resume oil production in the Kashagan oil field in fall of 2016, stated the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CTC), a pipeline system that was planned to transport Caspian oil

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Trend: According to the decision of the CEIBC's senior management, the Caspian European Club (Caspian Business Club) will shift to a closed format of activities from April 11, 1st Vice-Chairman and CEO of the Caspian European Club (Caspian Business Club) Telman

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 By Paul Salopek My intercontinental ramble, called the Out of Eden Walk, is a storytelling project that aims to retrace the footsteps of the first anatomically modern humans who migrated out of Africa back in the Stone Age. I am plodding

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The land of the gods man is possibly the next superpower of renewable energy in the Middle East After years of isolation and  sanctions, the framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries (the U.S., U.K., Russia, China, France and

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Iran will benefit from an influx of international visitors following the recent political changes thanks to the nuclear agreement that was signed in Vienna earlier this summer. The World Travel Market 2015 Industry Report, released on Monday, 2 November at

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Leading maritime exhibition offers gateway to maritime and offshore opportunities in Iran   Europort has become the official and exclusive international partner of IRANIMEX, the leading maritime & offshore exhibition in Iran. The agreement brings together the brand behind the

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Trend: As part of an official opening of the 4th international Caspian Energy Forum - 2016, to be held in Baku on Nov.30, 2016, Azerbaijani President and Chairman of the Caspian European Club (Caspian Business Club) Ilham Aliyev will be presented

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Trend: A communiqué has been issued on the results of the trilateral meeting of the Azerbaijani, Russian and Iranian foreign ministers in Baku Apr.7. The parties agreed to continue the further development of cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, partnership and

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Trend: Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran - Elmar Mammadyarov, Sergei Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif have made an agreement that the relevant ministries of these countries will comprehensively review the implementation of the North-South transport corridor project. Sergey Lavrov said

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Iran, Russia confirm intent to strengthen co-op Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov confirmed mutual intent to further strengthening of the Russian-Iranian cooperation. The sides made remarks during the ministerial meeting, which was held in

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Trend: Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia attach great importance to the transport corridors passing through these countries, and in particular the railway networks, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said. He made the remarks at a press conference following the trilateral meeting of the

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Caspian littoral countries agreed on a number of important provisions of the draft Convention, including issues related to sovereignty, the implementation of sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the parties in the Caspian Sea. This is reflected in the final Communiqué

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The resurgence of violence between Azerbaijan and Armenians poses little immediate risk to the key pipelines that link European markets to the Caspian Sea, according to analysts from London to Washington. In a region where risk is the norm, “these sorts

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Fishing for vital company knowledge   Large building projects are delayed by all sorts of issues — money, employees who lack the right skills, public sentiment. But sometimes it is fish spawn, or great-crested newts. The deliverer of such bad news might

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Baku – APA. Progress in drafting a convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is obvious, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview to TASS.   He recalled that the prospects for signing a long-awaited

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Turkmenistan starts drilling another well at Galkynysh field Energy-rich Turkmenistan, which sits on huge natural gas reserves (265 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration, January 2015), continues large-scale works on the accelerated commercial development

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Ukraine formally joins Trans-Caspian Int’l Transport Route Ukrainian Railways Company Ukrzaliznytsia is drafting a proposal for joining the project of transporting containers via Trans-Caspian International Transport Route connecting Europe with China via Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The company has been holding respective

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Russia & Iran negotiate canal from Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf Moscow and Tehran are holding talks on digging a ship canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, said Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai,

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Iran Dismisses Report on Building Canal Linking Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian embassy in Russia rejected a recent report by Russia media on Tehran’s cooperation with Moscow on the construction of a major canal linking

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Caspian Sea littoral states eye economic cooperation Trend: Deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states have discussed expansion of economic cooperation at a meeting in Baku, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said. The Islamic Republic of Iran believes in the

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Iran's $10Bln Mega Canal Could be Game Changer in Global Trade Routes Russian experts comment on the prospects for the realization of Iran's ambitious 'trans-Iranian' canal, which would run from the Caspian Sea to the Persian

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Moscow, Baku May Invest in Iran-Related Projects Azerbaijan continues to work on several energy and transport enterprises with Russia and Iran, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday. BAKU (Sputnik) — Russia and Azerbaijan are working

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Iranian FM hopes for early completion of work on Caspian status convention Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif voiced a hope for completion of work over the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea this year. "We hope we’ll

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Solve the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Before It Explodes For almost three decades, the most dangerous unresolved conflict in wider Europe has lain in the mountains of the South Caucasus, in a small territory known as Nagorno-Karabakh. In the

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Turkmenistan advancing on South Asian gas market Trend: Despite skepticism of some experts regarding the progress of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, which dates back to 2010, the deal started rolling. The State Concern 'Turkmengaz',

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Turkey’s Ottoman Legacy: ‘Sultan’ Erdogan Wishes to Dictate His Own Terms After the EU-Turkey migrant deal it has become increasingly clear that given an inch the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will gladly

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Central Asian republic requires HIV test for marriage The Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan has made HIV tests a requirement for getting married. Under a newly introduced law, residents who apply for a marriage licence must submit evidence of a successful

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Russia styles itself lead mediator in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Russian PM and foreign minister fly into region * Russia has special interest in peace deal: minister * Moscow and Washington competing for influence * Ceasefire broadly holds, despite violations

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OIC Summit should send signals of unity to world Hassan Rouhani has said upcoming Istanbul Summit of the OIC should communicate to the world signals of unity among the member states. President Rouhani and his Kazakh counterpart

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Iran, Kazakhstan to tighten coop. on peace, stability in Central Asia Deputy FM Rahimpour said Mon. Iran and Kazakhstan are keen on expanding cooperation on peace and stability in Central Asia, as opposed to regional meddling by certain

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Iran, Kazakhstan ink power deal Iran and Kazakhstan have signed three powerhouse building contracts worth 600 million dollars. On the verge of Kazakh president’s visit to Tehran, the two countries sealed an agreement with Eurasia Invest Group

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Iranian delegation off to Istanbul for OIC Summit    

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Tehran and its 2,000 tourist spots Deputy of Tehran Municipality says the Iranian capital has over 2,000 tourist attractions that will take 35 days time to visit all of them. Tehran was first chosen as the capital

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First part of S-300 missile system delivered to Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jaberi Ansari who was speaking in his weekly press conference announced the implementation of first phase of S-300 missile contract between Iran and Russia. Hossein

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Three terrorists killed in suicide bomb attack in Russia - no civilians injured Three men, including at least one suicide bomber, have attacked a rural police station in southern Russia, the interior ministry has said,

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Turkmen state concern increases oil production    

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Azerbaijan achieves milestones in energy policy in Q1 2016 The energy policy of Azerbaijan, which has turned into one of the main guarantors of Europe’s energy security, recorded important achievements and milestones of historical significance in the first quarter of 2016. Energy

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Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard will build two tankers of Project RST27 for CMS In early April 2016, Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod, United Shipbuilding Corporation) and Caspian Marine Services Limited (CMS) signed contracts with the assistance of MNP Group for

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Iran, Kazakhstan to build joint shipping company The Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed on the establishment of a joint shipping company. Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad Saeidi announced the news in

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North-South Corridor from Russia to India to compete with Suez Canal   Following talks with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that Russia has agreed to begin substantive studies on the implementation of

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Leader calls for ‘honest cooperation’ among Muslims to uproot terrorism Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev late on Monday. “Certain powers, particularly America, are not honest and serious in their alleged fight against

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Russia to build 2 tankers for Azerbaijan Russia's Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, and Azerbaijan's Caspian Marine Services Ltd. signed a contract for building and delivery of two RST27 tankers, said Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard on its

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Bryza: Putin controls the situation in Karabakh Former US ambassador in Baku wrote an article about the conflict. Moscow independently acts to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, while Washington does not take part in what's happening between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russian authorities

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Russia, Azerbaijan agree to activate Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council visit of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Baku has led to a number of economic agreements. "We’ve agreed that we will intensify the work of the Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council

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Azerbaijan to take decisive measures towards army building Azerbaijan has set a goal to take decisive measures towards army building in 2016. Today, the Azerbaijani army is among the strongest armies in the world both for its material and technical equipment,

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Int'l Caspian Oil&Gas Expo scheduled for June Caspian Oil&Gas 2016, the 23rd international exhibition and conference, the largest energy sector event in the Caspian region, will take place from 1-4 June 2016 at Baku Expo Center. As a recognised international platform

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Turkmenistan Diversifies Its Gas Exports To Reduce Reliance On China In January 2016, the Russian media reported that Russia’s gas giant, Gazprom, had discontinued all purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan and was not planning to resume imports

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Damen delivers modular solution to Van Oord Dredging company to charter vessel from launching customer Damen Marine Services for Caspian Sea operations To support its ongoing dredging activities, Van Oord has commenced an 18-month charter agreement with Damen Marine Services for

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Trending Science: Earth shifting on its polar axis due to climate change A new NASA study has found that melting ice and shifting rain patterns are causing the North and South Poles to drift, resulting in a dramatic shift in

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Kazakhstan Expects Eurasia Caspian Exploration Project Decision by Summer Kazakhstan hopes to actively participate in the exploration potential "Eurasia" project in terms of data provision, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said Thursday. ASTANA (Sputnik) – Kazakhstan expects to receive

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SGC to save Turkey from gas dependence on Russia Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project will save Turkey from gas dependence on Russia, said Stephen Blank, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. He made the remarks addressing an event

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At home, despite the heat Migratory birds including flamingoes and pelicans have stayed put at the famous Chilika Lake in Odisha despite the sweltering heat, forest officials said. “Around 50,000 birds have been spotted in the 15.59 sq-km Nalabana

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Azerbaijan invites U.S. companies to Baku-based FTZ Azerbaijan has invited the U.S. Agency for International Development and other organizations to participate in the establishment of a free trade zone in the Alat settlement of Baku. Azerbaijan's Economy and Industry Minister Shahin

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Caspian Int'l Power and Alternative Energy Expo due in Baku Baku Expo Centre will host the only event in the Caspian region specialised in energy efficiency and renewable energy, the 6th Caspian International Power and Alternative Energy Exhibition, Caspian

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Russia still most important partner for Turkmenistan, says president Russia remains the most important partner for Turkmenistan, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said during the meeting with Alexander Zhilkin, governor of Russia's Astrakhan region, in Ashgabat, the Turkmen government reported. The president

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WorleyParsons ink five-year contract with BP Azerbaijan azernews WorleyParsons has been awarded a five-year contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services for BP-operated assets in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, Azertac state news agency reported. Under the agreement, WorleyParsons will provide

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Blurring the Lines of Kazakhstan-Russia Relations Forecast     Kazakhstan will try to increase its independence from Russia-led alliances.     To that end, Astana will make economic and military deals with other countries and build up its domestic military capacity.

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Krasnoye Sormovo to build 2 tankers for Azerbaijan-based Caspian Marine Services Ltd Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Nizhny Novgorod shipyard Krasnoye Red Sormovo will fabricate two tankers for operator company Caspian Marine Services (CMS) registered in Azerbaijan and working in the Caspian region. Russian shipyard’s

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Globalink crosses the Caspian Kazakhstan headquartered Globalink Logistics Group has coordinated the delivery of out-of-gauge machinery and construction equipment from Yolotan, Turkmenistan to an oilfield site across the Caspian Sea at Atyrau. The Globalink teams in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan prepared

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Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse That’s Much More Than a Petro-State   Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described,

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President Aliyev meets Iranian counterpart President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani in Istanbul. The presidents hailed dynamic development of Azerbaijani-Iranian bilateral and multilateral relations and cooperation in various

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Iran releases home-made floating dock into Caspian Sea

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BP, its partners invest almost $60B in Azerbaijan Trend: The British BP company together with its partners on development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and Shah Deniz oil and gas fields invested in Azerbaijan over $58 billion over the period of more than 20-year

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Iran to host international Caspian beach soccer tournament FIFA Board Member and Vice President of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) Joan Cusco says the Islamic Republic of Iran would be ready to host the first edition of the international Caspian beach soccer

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In 25th anniversary of Independency, Turkmenistan focuses on giant TAPI energy project Celebrating its 25th independence anniversary, Turkmenistan - one of major energy exporting countries - is making efforts toward creating stable systems to carry energy to world markets. It

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Gazprom and ENI to step up cooperation Following the success of the Blue Stream project, ''cooperation between Gazprom and ENI will be increased further'', Russian energy minister Aleksander Novak told ANSA in an exclusive interview. ''A series of documents

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Envoy: Majlis speaker, Defense minister to visit Russia Iran Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said on Saturday that Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan will pay a visit to Russia this week and next week respectively. Sanaei wrote

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Larijani to participate in Eurasian parliaments summit Parliament speaker advisor in international affairs announced that Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani is scheduled to travel to Russia to take part in Eurasian parliaments heads meeting next week. Hossein Sheikholeslam told IRNA

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New appointment at Turkmenistan’s state concern Trend: Japarguly Orazov has been appointed the deputy chairman of Turkmenneft State Concern. Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed the relevant decree on his appointment. The state concern's activity covers more than 600 oil, oil & gas and

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Armenia's Eurasian Dilemma Today in Armenia, which is an ally of Russia in the South Caucasus, the public, the expert community and various political forces are discussing the practicability of membership in organizations that are not able to

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Turkmenistan intensifies development of Caspian Sea shelf Trend: Turkmenistan can become a mighty industrial power and a major exporter of chemical products, the 'Neutral Turkmenistan' newspaper reported. The implementation of the project for constructing a gas chemical complex in Kiyanly village of

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Rosneft interested participate in Iran's oil, gas plans Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced that Russian Rosneft Company is interested to participate in Iran oil and gas plans, IRNA reported. Rosneft is the leader of Russia's petroleum

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ECO-Caspian energy transition through gas The oil price slide since mid-2014 has severely constrained economic growth and investment in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) & Caspian region. Despite this, regional governments nevertheless expect an improved market climate &

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Why do we need to save the tiger? The natural population of these beautiful felines that we are used to seeing under captivity is disintegrating slowly. Tigers are among the most endangered animals on earth. The natural population of

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  The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata), also known as the Hyrcanian tiger, the Mazandaran tiger, the Persian tiger and the Turan tiger, is an extinct tiger subspecies that had been recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly

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Will the Caspian's status change the energy equation? Turkey is fast becoming the Caspian region's energy hub. For this reason, it needs to consider all the energy dynamics in the region. One of these energy dynamics is the Caspian Sea region.

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Right decision: Iran refuses to attend Doha summit Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh made a right decision not participating in oil-producing & exporter countries which met in Qatar to outline how they are able to commit themselves to a possible

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