Caspian Sea

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

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

...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