21.12.11 Caspian Focus December issue: Table of contents

KAZAKHSTAN

• Western riots rattle government
• Impending reshuffle sheds light on succession
• Oil Ministry to go softly on mining companies
• KMG enters Karachaganak
• ENRC hit by corruption allegations

REGIONAL FOCUS

• Russia hints at use of force in Trans-Caspian dispute
• Caspian states continue to lag in transparency rankings
• More tanker congestion ahead in the Bosphorus
• South Stream route altered
• Hopes dashed of settling Caspian legal dispute

AZERBAIJAN

• Kashagan oil to cross Azerbaijan by 2013?
• New delay at Shah Deniz
• AGRI study goes to RFP
• Socar to drill Umid well in 2012
• Gazprom boosts gas purchases
• BP completes platform maintenance work
• Parliament passes 2012 budget

GEORGIA

• Chinese businessmen to invest $150m in special economic zone
• Showcase development or Potemkin village?
• Election crisis in South Ossetia
• Range and partners plan to spud new well

IRAN

• Huge Caspian gas field discovered

KYRGYZSTAN

• New government coalition faces challenges

TURKMENISTAN

• Reshuffles afoot
• Berdymuhammedov to stand again
• Petronas looks to expansion
• CNPC sets up new office, processing plant
• Dragon hits 2011 production target
• President praises Turkish investment

UZBEKISTAN

• Gas contract with China revealed
• Political purge targets premier's allies
• Karimov criticises Putin's economic integration plan
• Border tensions rise in Uzbek-Tajik dispute

TAJIKISTAN

• Tethys secures Tajik field.