Russia and oil politics in the Caspian
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Industry projections suggest that worlwide oil demand will double along with the global population between 1999 and roughly 2023. Demand by 2020 may reach up to 140 million barrels per day, compared to the existing requirement of 70 million barrels per day. This assumes that alternative energy sources and declining industrial growth do not combine to significnatly reduce this estimate. The Caspian has emerged as a potentially significant source of oil and gas, with an estimated 16 billion to 32 billion barrels of oil in proven recoverable reserves and 68 billion to 250 billion barrels of potential reserves. Russia is well cognizant of this fact and has begun positioning itself to secure its future in the Caspian.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 1996
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The geo-politics of Caspian oil
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The geopolitics of the oil industry in the Caspian region is dominated by the infrastructure of Russia and the former Soviet states. The potential routes northward through Russia are numerous while routes to the south, east and west are limited. The Caspian countries are trying to lessen their dependence on Russian infrastructure with the assistance of other foreign countries. Analysts are not in agreement about the global economic significance of Caspian oil. The petroleum reserves can be regarded by the regional powers as important in view of their strategic security interests. If not regarded as strategically important, their policies will be determined by ideological, economic and military interests.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2000
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Expanding private military sector faces structural change and scrutiny
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The private military and security industry has seen appreciable expansion due to the war situation in Iraq and Afghanistan and also to corporate concerns about terrorist attacks. This has brought the industry under greater public scrutiny as it attempts consolidation and diversification of its services and the British Association of Private Security Companies is formed to address such issues.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2006
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