Caspian Sea
Body of Water
Caspian states move to finalize convention...convention TEHRAN -- Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran intend to finalize a draft of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, according to Iran's Petroenergy Information Network. The document,... In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan |
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MarketWatch | November 02, 2009
Dragon Oil agrees to full takoever by ENOC
...to accept 455 pence a share for their stake," they said. Dragon Oil is a single-asset company and develops the Cheleken contract area in the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan. Shares rose 9% to 447 pence a share in London. Sarah...
In this article: ENOC, London, Merrill Lynch, DJIA, and Bank of America
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boston.com - Latest news | 6 days ago
Turkmenistan seen as top gas supplier for Nabucco
...that would feed into Nabucco. Construction of a trans-Caspian pipeline could be indefinitely stalled by differences on how to divide the sea between five littoral nations, including Russia and Iran. Talks have dragged for years without...
In this article: Turkmenistan, European Union, Russia, Europe, Iran, Natural gas, and Azerbaijan
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GlobalPost | November 10, 2009
Going to the beach, Iranian-style
...the Caspian Coast in the first weeks of the Iranian new year alone. At 143,000 square miles (roughly the size of Montana), the Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world. The sea is bordered by Kazakhstan in the northeast, Turkmenistan in...
In this article: Iran, Tehran, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Turkey, and Bandar-Abbas
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Independent.ie | November 02, 2009
Emirates Oil snaps up Dragon in GBP1.1bn share deal
...and 100 million metric tonnes of crude oil a year. Dragon's main assets include two oil and gas fields in the Cheleken contract area of the Caspian Sea -- off the Turkmenistan coast. (Additional reporting Bloomberg) *A company can be...
In this article: ENOC, Dubai, London, Turkmenistan, Dublin, Natural gas, Irish Stock Exchange, and HSBC Holdings
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Oil & Gas Journal | November 08, 2009
Special Report: Improved oil, gas demand, price forecasts raise drilling rig trend
These show Norway with 22 (20 oil, 2 gas) and the UK with 19 (13 oil, 6 gas). Smith International has a breakout of the Russia and Caspian region. The countries with the main active rigs in this region are Azerbaijan with 13 (1 land,...
In this article: Baker Hughes Inc., Smith International, US, Canada, Abu Dhabi, Alberta, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Range Resources Corp., and Africa
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BBC News | October 18, 2009
Azerbaijan caviar protection bid
...is done to stop it," Mr Sardarov asserts. Protecting the Sturgeon here is complicated because the Caspian Sea is accessible to four other countries: Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. And it is the reason why he and his agency...
In this article: Azerbaijan, Endangered species, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Iran
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Daily Mail | November 02, 2009
Emirates National Oil buys up Dragon in deal valuing the oil explorer at GBP2.4bn
...per cent and JPMorgan with 3 per cent. Dragon's main asset is an oil field in the Caspian Sea, offshore of Turkmenistan, an area oil companies have grown increasingly interested in in recent years. In June, some analysts said a fair bid...
In this article: Emirates National Oil Company, Ryanair, Jpmorgan, Dubai, Dublin, and London
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Offshore | October 14, 2009
Dragon updates Dzheitune drilling
Dragon updates Dzheitune drilling ASHKABAD, Turkmenistan -- Dragon Oil has completed initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/137 and 13/138 development wells in the Caspian Sea. The rig Iran Khazar drilled the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/137 well...
In this article: Turkmenistan
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The Moscow Times | August 04, 2009
The Magical Paper Pipeline
...the larger problem is open territorial issues in the Caspian Sea. If the five countries that border the Caspian Sea - Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan - haven't reached an agreement in terms of a treaty that defines how...
In this article: European Union, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Competitive advantage, Barack Obama, Europe, and Ukraine
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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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