The two massive earthquakes that devastated a large area of southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 are causing problems for Azerbaijan’s oil exports. Crude exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and Turkey’s main oil terminal at Ceyhan have been halted with no clear indication what the problem is …
Read More »Armenia and Azerbaijan Deadlocked in Talks over Key Corridor
In the background of Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade of the only road in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh lies the fate of another critical transportation route: the would-be “Zangezur Corridor.” In the ceasefire agreement that ended the 2020 war, Armenia agreed to “guarantee the security of transport connections” between Azerbaijan’s mainland and …
Read More »East Azarbaijan Accounts for 40% of Iran’s Exports to Armenia
Exports from East Azarbaijan Province accounted for 40% of Iran’s total exports to Armenia during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21). Iran’s total exports to Armenia stood at $304 million during the period, of which $125 million were shipped from East Azarbaijan. “The tonnage …
Read More »Azerbaijan Sees Oil and Gas Revenues Grow Significantly in 2022
Azerbaijan has been enjoying a huge boost in revenues from its oil and gas exports, thanks to a deal it made with the European Union last year amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions. According to the latest data from Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee, the country earned $33.6 …
Read More »EU Restrictions on Import of Russian Oil to Trigger Demand Spike for Azerbaijani Crude
The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »EU Restrictions on Import of Russian Oil to Trigger Demand Spike for Azerbaijani Crude
The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »Azerbaijan Intends to Export 11.6 bln Cubic Meters of Natural Gas to Europe in 2023
Azerbaijan intends to export at least 11.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe in 2023, President Ilham Aliyev said in Bucharest at the signing ceremony of an agreement between the governments of Azerbaijan, Hungary, Georgia and Romania on a strategic partnership in the development and supply of green …
Read More »Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan Intend to Jointly Develop Turkmen Gas Exports
Turkmenistan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan plan to set up a working group to cooperate in shipping Turkmen natural gas, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference with his Turkmen and Azerbaijani counterparts in the city of Avaza, where the three countries had a summit. “We are willing …
Read More »Gazprom could Supply up to 1 bcm of Gas to Azerbaijan this Winter
Gazprom could supply up to one billion cubic meters of gas to Azerbaijan this winter, the Russian state-owned company said in a statement. “Deliveries of Russian gas to Azerbaijan began on November 15 as per the new gas sale-and purchase-agreement. Gazprom Export LLC and the State Oil Company of the …
Read More »Azerbaijan and Georgia have Big Plans for Energy Exports to Europe
Azerbaijan and Georgia are hoping to capitalize on their rising geopolitical significance and gain a new route to supply Europe with electricity. Plans for an electricity cable stretching beneath the Black Sea from Georgia to southeastern Europe have been on the table for several years now. But with European energy …
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