Caspian Sea
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SOCAR aims to boost oil shipments via Georgian port...volumes of Kazakh oil will reach global markets. The agreements visualize deliveries via tanker of Kazakh crude across the Caspian Sea, then to Georgia's Black Sea ports of Batumi and Kulevi by rail and via the existing Baku-Supsa... In this article: Socar, Georgia, KazMunaiGaz, Batumi, Supsa, Caspian Sea, and Baku |
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TIME | 3 days ago
Obey's War Tax
...is already generating massive pressures for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy and the Central Asian region and the Caspian Sea basin are known to contain reserves of natural gas and oil that dwarf those of Kuwait, the...
In this article: Tax, Democracy, David Obey, Afghanistan, Natural gas, Revenue, First Bank, and Taliban
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | 4 days ago
LN Mittal doubles stake in Ophir Energy
...by ONGC Videsh alone.aEUR� Two years ago, Mittal Investment used Kazakh government to muscle its way into the Satpayev oilfield in the Caspian sea where ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of the state-run firm, was shortlisted for a stake.
In this article: Lukoil, Oil and Natural Gas, Africa, Kazakhstan, and All rights reserved
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Azerbaijan says Karabakh talks last chance for deal
...and open the frontier. Faced with a backlash from Azerbaijan, and protracted negotiations over Azeri gas supplies from the Caspian Sea, Turkey says it will only ratify the Armenia deal if its sees progress in the talks on...
In this article: Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Turkey, Armenia, World War One, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Munich, and Ankara
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U.S. News & World Report | 6 days ago
The Big Picture: Tehran
...outside the ancient city of Ray, sitting at the intersection between the east-west Silk Road, and the north-south route between the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf. Throughout the city's long history, generations of city planners have...
In this article: Tehran, NASA, Iran-Iraq War, Twitter, and U.S. Geological Survey
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The Times of India - Business | November 18, 2009
L N Mittal opts out of JV with ONGC
...Investment Sarl, the holding company of Mittal family, had used the Kazakh government to muscle its way into the Satpayev oilfield in the Caspian Sea where ONGC Videsh Ltd was shortlisted for a stake. OVL has written to Almaty, saying the 25%...
In this article: ONGC, Lakshmi Mittal, Joint venture, Almaty, New Delhi, and Kazakhstan
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 18, 2009
The world's top 10 party towns
...vintners, either at a Cape Town bar or at one of several wineries nearby. Since the 1990s, when it started taking off as a hub for Caspian Sea oil and gas, Baku has been transformed and this newfound economic stimulation hasn't failed...
In this article: Baku, Lonely Planet, Tel Aviv, Montreal, Dubai, Belgrade, 2010 World Cup, and South Africa
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USATODAY.com | November 17, 2009
Few call Venice home, but it's not history yet
...most of the natives of Veneto - the larger region of which Venice is the capital - came from, northern Europe or lands around the Caspian Sea. "It will be an opportunity to find a few Venetians," said Gallo, who is helping to organize the...
In this article: Venetians, Grand Canal, La Fenice, All rights reserved, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Santiago Calatrava, and USA Today
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Reuters | November 16, 2009
UPDATE 2-Russia, EU sign memo on energy supply early warning
...could potentially supply much of the gas needed to fill the EU and U.S.-backed Nabucco pipeline, mostly from the second phase of the Shakh Deniz project in the Caspian Sea. (Additional reporting by Brussels bureau, editing by Anthony Barker)
In this article: European Union, Andris Piebalgs, Ukraine, Europe, Moscow, Russia, Natural gas, and Brussels
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washingtonpost.com | November 14, 2009
Russia's Putin wins approval for gas pipeline to EU
Slovenia had said in the past it also supports Nabucco, which if built would transport 31 billion cubic metres of gas a year from the Caspian region to an Austrian gas hub via Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Hungary. Writing by Guy...
In this article: European Union, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Gazprom, Slovenia, Nord Stream, Ukraine, Moscow, and Liquefied natural gas
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 13, 2009
Gig review: Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble
...a ten-minute intermission, "like in the old days when they had LPs". The second half was noisier and more experimental, kicking off with Caspian Sea's mix of nursery rhyme melody and instrumental discord, and making use of esoteric touches...
In this article: Graham Coxon, T in the Park, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Robyn Hitchcock, Blur, and Scotland
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The Caspian Sea (Russian: Каспийское море) is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18,761 cu mi). It is an endorheic basin (it has no outflows), and is bound by northern Iran, southern Russia, western Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, and eastern Azerbaijan. It has a maximum depth of about 1,025 meters (3,363 ft).
It was perceived as an ocean by its ancient coastal inhabitants, presumably because of its saltiness and seeming boundlessness. It has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third the salinity of most seawater. According to Strabo, it is named after an ancient people called Kashyapas (Sanskrit) . Caspian is called Qazvin قزوين or بحر قزوين on ancient maps. In Iran, it is sometimes referred to as Daryâ-ye Mâzandarân or دریای مازندران.
- Name:
- Caspian Sea
- Type:
- Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural
- Location City:
- Baku (Azerbaijan), Rasht (Iran), Aktau (Kazakhstan), Makhachkala (Russia), Türkmenbaşy (Turkmenistan) (see article)
- Area:
- 371000 km2
- Elevation:
- -28 m
- Basin Countries:
- Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia. Turkmenistan
- Outflow:
- Evaporation
- Inflow:
- Volga River
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