Caspian Energy Weekly ¹ 34 (188)     23 December 2005


ACCENT


  • BAKU, TBILISI, AND KISHINEV HAVE AGREED TO NEW GAZPROM RATES


    The price for the gas delivered from Russia to Azerbaijan will be augmented since January 1, 2006 from $60 to $110 per 1 thousand cube of m. To such agreement send at negotiations in Baku on December 22 quoters of Russian company "Gazprom" and SOCAR. After negotiations this week in Tbilisi PM, Zurab Nogaideli and the vice-president of board "Gazprom", Alexander Ryazanov it became definitively clear, that since new year the price of the Russian gas will grow from 62,5 to 110 dollars per one thousand cubic metre. Thus scopes of supply – from 1,3 to 2,25 bcmy will considerably be augmented. Arrangements at the price of gas are already reached with all states CIS and Baltic except to Ukraine. Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia will receive gas also on 110 dollars, Moldova - on 160 dollars, Belarus will preserve the bet of this year - 46,68 dollars Applicable commercial contracts are partially signed or are in a final stage of registration, or will be signed any day.


  • POTENTIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES NOT YET DEVELOP MORE, VIKTOR KHRISTENKO
    Exclusive interview of the Minister of Industry and Energy of RF, Co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Russian intergovernmental commission, Mr. Viktor Khristenko to Caspian Energy journal.


    • CASPIAN REGION


  • Kazakhstan


  • Turkmenistan


  • Azerbaijan-Iran


  • Russia



    • CASPIAN ECOLOGY



    GAS



    TRANSPORTATION


  • Kazakhstan - China

  • KAZAKHSTAN DIVERSIFIED HYDROCARBON SUPPLIES TO THE WORLD MARKETS


    RUSSIA CONSIDERS ITS POSSIBILITY IN JOINING TO THE PROJECT

    From Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline’s commissioning as it was planned on behalf of Kazakhstan the diversification of hydrocarbon supplies to the world markets became possible. Today, Kazakhstan exports its oil through Russia through two existed pipelines via Azerbaijan by railway and Iranian Neka port. In struggle for the place in Celestial Kazakhstan took the lead Russia as well that already sixth year coordinates the construction project from the East Siberia to coast of the Pacific Ocean with lining to China.

  • Baku-Batumi

  • Caspian ports


    • ECONOMY



    SOCAR


  • Drilling

    • CONSORTIA


  • ACG

  • AIOC WILL TWICE OIL PRODUCTION IN 2006


    President of Azerbaijan and Chief BP Azerbaijan have discussed the perspectives of cooperation. In December 21 the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Chief BP Azerbaijan David Woodward. During meeting chief state has announced that cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP is successfully developed. Mr. Aliyev declared that realization of such kind of global projects like Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Shah Daniz are successfully developed.

    • COMPANIES



    WORLD MARKET


  • OIL FUTURES IN 2006 WILL COST MORE THAN $50
    EU’s TAX POLICY FIRSTLY IS STUMBLING-BLOCK OF THE WORLD ENERGY MARKETS, CARTEL THINKS

    OPEC leaders expect that the price of a basket of oil types produced by the countries of cartel remains in the future to year in the order $45-55 per barrel. Meanwhile, according to the report of the US Department of Energy the oil will cost 54 dollars per barrel in the nearest 20 years. And after this the prices to oil again have directed upwards.