Energy in the Caspian Region Present and Future

by Kalyuzhnova, Yelena; Jaffe, Amy Myers; Lynch, Dov; Sickles, Robin C.

• ISBN13: 9780333929599
• ISBN10: 0333929594
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Energy Reserves of the Caspian Region have been hailed as the new 'Middle East.' This book offers a thorough assessment of its energy resources and the nature of the international politics that surround them. This volume presents a unique study of the various dimensions of Caspian energy, ranging from the geopolitical to the economic, technical, religious, and political.

Author Biography

Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading, and Lecturer in the Economics Department at the University of Reading.

Amy Myers Jaffe is Senior Energy Advisor and Research Coordinator at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Dov Lynch in Lecturer in War Studies at King's College, London.

Robin C. Sickles is Professor of Economics at Rice University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
Foreword	xiii
James A. Baker III
Preface	xvi
Yelena Kalyuzhnova
List of Abbreviations	xviii
Contributors	xxi
Introduction	1	(10)
Amy Myers Jaffe
Edward Djerejian
PART I Breaking New Ground: The Caspian Region in the 21st Century	11	(96)
Geological Basins and Oil and Gas Reserves of the Greater Caspian Region	13	(21)
Andrei V. Belopolsky
Manik Talwani
Confronting Independence: Political Overview	34	(24)
Martha Brill Olcott
Economies and Energy	58	(28)
Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Islam and Energy Security	86	(21)
Mehrdad Haghayeghi
Fred R. von der Mehden
PART II Reaching a World Market: Pipelines, Transit Routes and Processing Plants	107	(86)
The Economics of Pipeline Routes: The Conundrum of Oil Exports from the Caspian Basin	109	(24)
Ronald Soligo
Amy Myers Jaffe
Domestic Use of Energy: Oil Refineries and Gas Processing	133	(36)
Andrei Kalyuzhnov
Julian Lee
Julia Nanay
Convergent Economies: Implications for World Energy Use	169	(24)
Patrik T. Hultberg
Robin C. Sickles
Part III National Interests in the Caspian Basin	193	(58)
Russia's National Interests in the Caspian Region	195	(17)
Michael Margelov
US National Interests: Getting Beyond the Hype	212	(22)
Joe Barnes
Turkish National Interests	234	(17)
Gareth M. Winrow
Conclusion	251	(9)
Dov Lynch
Index	260