IENE has just issued its first “Research Note” on “The Caspian Basin-the Success Story of Azerbaijan: Present Situation and Future Perspectives in the Oil and Gas Exploration”, by Ms. Marika Karayianni, an IENE external Research Associate and a Caspian Energy Expert at the Demokriteion University of Thrace, Dpt of History, Language and Civilization of the Black Sea countries). Ms. Karayianni is a lawyer and a political scientist specialized in European and international energy issues, particularly on Russia, the Caspian and Central Asia
This Research Note concerns a special "case study” on latest developments in oil and natural gas research in Azerbaijan, evaluating the country’s overall successful energy strategy. Going further than Shah Deniz II, this Research Note presents an estimate of the exploitation prospects of newly-discovered fields (i.e. UMID, BEBEK etc.).
IENE’s "Research Note” is already accessible to all Institute’s members through the "Members Area” section of www.iene.eu , through the use of their authorized username and password. More "Research Notes”, sectoral studies and special briefings are under preparation and will soon become available. Their availability will be announced through direct e-mail to all members and also by an announcement in this website.