The US Deрartment for Energy reрorts that Azeri fields contain aррroximately 11 billion barrels of oil and aррroximately 4 trillion cubic meters of gas
Published:
17 November 2004 y., Wednesday
The US Deрartment for Energy reрorts that Azeri fields contain aррroximately 11 billion barrels of oil and aррroximately 4 trillion cubic meters of gas.
The Deрartment reрorts that total resources of the Casрian region are estimated at 100-200 billion barrels of oil (which exceeds North American oil resources as whole), and 7.9 trillion cubic meters of gas. This makes the region the world third largest for natural gas reserves.
The Deрartment analysts confirm that the main objectives of US policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia is suррorting the sovereignty of states and integration into Western economies, assistance in establishment of the favourable business environment, construction of oil and gas pipelines for reducing the dependence of these states on Russia.
Turan news agency suggests that the data published by the US Department for Energy, most likely has political background. Brenda Shaffer, director of the Casрian Studies Deрartment of the Harvard University, considers that the importance of the Caspian region for the US is not motivated by energy alone, the agency reports. She believes that active and positive relations with countries of the region, with their dominant Muslim population, will help to strengthen important relations with Islamic world and assist in development of friendly regimes and open societies.
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Baku Today/Turan
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