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Eurasianet

Eurasianet

Contributor since: 29 Sep 2011

Eurasianet

Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on the most important developments in the region.

Latest articles from Eurasianet

  • With A World Awash In Oil, Kazakhstan Faces Fuel Crisis

    Published 14 October 2017 | viewed 13,516 times

    Kazakhstan, a nation rich in hydrocarbons, is grappling with a gasoline shortage that has enveloped the entire country, including the capital, Astana, and the southern…

  • The Mysterious Company Behind Kyrgyzstan's Hydro Disaster

    Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 31,675 times

    It is back to square one for Kyrgyzstan, as the Central Asian state strives to build a giant hydropower plant. Representatives of a little-known entity…

  • BP And Azerbaijan Lock In Caspian Sea Oil Deal

    Published 16 September 2017 | viewed 17,869 times

    The government of Azerbaijan signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) with the consortium operating the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli oil field in the Caspian. The new deal gives Baku…

  • Iran To Become Essential Hub In China’s Belt And Road Initiative

    Published 09 September 2017 | viewed 23,400 times

    China’s strategic interest in Iran is intensifying. Chinese manufacturers are looking to establish new operations in Iran, and Tehran is viewed as a vital transport…

  • Kyrgyzstan Unveils Revamped Transnational Gas Pipeline

    Published 02 September 2017 | viewed 13,605 times

    In a ceremony in Bishkek, top government officials in Kyrgyzstan and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, this week oversaw the launch…

  • Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Aim To Solidify Energy Partnership

    Published 12 August 2017 | viewed 8,811 times

    Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have declared themselves strategic partners as the two sides try to cooperate on shipping energy to Europe while still in conflict over…

  • Did Kyrgyzstan Get Sold A Hydropower Pup?

    Published 22 July 2017 | viewed 7,072 times

    Barely a week passed after Kyrgyzstan triumphantly declared it had struck a deal with an international company willing to take up one of its ambitious…

  • Kyrgyzstan Seeks Funding For Ambitious Hydropower Project

    Published 15 July 2017 | viewed 7,564 times

    Kyrgyzstan has signed a deal with a Czech company specializing in renewable energy to take over a hydropower project that the government sees as key…

  • Kazakhstan Bows Out Of OPEC Deal

    Published 11 July 2017 | viewed 22,667 times

    Kazakhstan is, as expected, bracing to drift away from its role in the OPEC oil production cap in the coming two months. Energy Minister Kanat…

  • The Future Of Central Asia’s Unified Power Grid

    Published 01 July 2017 | viewed 12,265 times

    Brutal winter weather in the late 2000s delivered a knockout blow to Central Asia’s unified power grid. Now, almost a decade later, tentative efforts are…

  • Kazakhstan Boosts Production Despite OPEC Pledge

    Published 03 June 2017 | viewed 10,235 times

    Kazakhstan’s energy officials are continuing to officially confirm to the public what is already widely known by now — that they have no intention to…

  • Uzbekistan To Increase Its Refining Capacity By 50%

    Published 27 May 2017 | viewed 11,135 times

    Uzbekistan revealed in late April that it had begun building a new $2.2 billion oil refinery that would produce fuel for sale domestically and abroad.…

  • Azerbaijan Could Emerge As A Natural Gas Power Powerhouse

    Published 06 May 2017 | viewed 13,640 times

    Back in 1994, when the so-called “Contract of the Century” was signed, forming an international partnership to develop the giant Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oil field, lots…

  • Uzbekistan, Gazprom Settle On 5 Year, $2.5B Gas Deal

    Published 15 April 2017 | viewed 10,685 times

    The deal struck at the start of April has been cast as historic for how long it runs before expiring — long enough to ensure…

  • Georgia Is Giving Up On Gazprom

    Published 14 April 2017 | viewed 14,342 times

    In the latest episode in one of the region’s longest-running geopolitical soap operas, Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze on April 12 announced that, as of this month,…

  • What Is Putin Planning For Ukraine?

    Published 29 March 2017 | viewed 51,207 times

    Western media may not be paying much attention to Ukraine now, but this does not mean that the conflict there has been frozen, much less…

  • Yet Another Delay For The Asia-China Gas Pipeline

    Published 04 March 2017 | viewed 6,780 times

    The ill-fated fourth strand of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline has again been put on hold amid apparent sagging demand for the fuel from Beijing,…

  • Italian Olive Groves vs Multi-Billion Dollar Pipeline

    Published 25 January 2017 | viewed 10,281 times

    The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is a key element of Azerbaijan’s efforts to export its greatest source of wealth, its Caspian Sea natural gas deposits, to European…

  • Turkmenistan Signs Last-Minute Gas Deal With Iran

    Published 30 December 2016 | viewed 10,654 times

    Turkmenistan has managed to avert the loss of one of its only two buyers of natural gas with some desperate, last-gasp negotiations. Iran’s Mehr news…

  • Power Crisis Looms In Tajikistan

    Published 27 December 2016 | viewed 8,467 times

    When the first snow fell in late November in Tajikistan, it caught many by surprise, including the country’s power providers. The last two years have…

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