The main focus of the V Caspian Oil and Gas Trading and Transportation Conference will be on:

 

Trends in the development of the oil and gas sector in the Caspian region. The Caspian's role in European energy security

 

• Balancing geopolitical interests and relations between producer, transit and consumer countries
• Market access for new players: Caspian oil and gas explorers in the European market
• Supply prospects in the Asian direction. The growing role of China in the balance of Caspian export routes

 

Development of Transit Infrastructure and Logistics in the Caspian region

 

• Scenarios for the development of the Caspian oil transport system
• Kazakhstan's Caspian Transportation System. Securing long-term supplies of Caspian oil from Kashagan to Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Iran, etc.
• Diversification of energy transportation routes via Azerbaijan
• Alternative Transport Routes for Oil from the Caspian Region. The Trans-Balkan Pipeline Project

 

Maritime Transport. Development Of Terminal Capacities

 

• The growing role of Caspian ports in exports of crude and refined products
• The Caspian-Black Sea Transshipment Corridor: Recent Developments
• Development of oil terminal capacities in the region

 

Gas Section. Advancing the Export of Caspian Gas and Transit Countries Role

 

• The South Stream Project – transporting gas from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan in compressed form. New technologies
• Implications of a spot market for gas supplies from the Caspian region to Europe
• Diversification of gas supply. Building new gas pipelines. The Trans-Asian Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline, the Turkmenistan-Iran pipeline, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system, etc.
• New ways to resolve export issues – alternatives to Russian gas infrastructure. LNG and CNG production as one of the solutions
• Competitive advantage of Caspian/Russian LNG in European markets. Transportation, storage and LNG supply routes from Caspian countries
• Kulevi Oil Terminal development prospects and LPG transport routes

 

Export and Trading Crude and Products in the Caspian

 

• Central Asia’s oil products market
• Russian Policy on Oil and Gas Exports from the Caspian Region to Europe
• Exports from Caspian - crude oil or oil products?
• Impact of the Customs Union on transportation of hydrocarbons. Possible creation of a Customs Union in the Caspian
• Pricing and tariffs of hydrocarbon transportation in the Region
• Legal aspects of Caspian oil transportation

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