Azerbaijan is a country that most westerners couldn’t find on a map. Those who can are likely to know it for one thing - Oil. The Capitol City of Azerbaijan is Baku - the birthplace of the modern Oil Industry. Baku was the ultimate objective of the German Army in World War II. Military historians […]
Oil summits and strategies
September 17, 2011 by
Whilst the Black Sea Shelf/Sea of Azov exploration plot rush continues apace with the majority of the worlds big oil players and Government of Ukraine, an oil summit takes place in Kyiv involving 300 or so interested individuals/parties. More than anything else, you would imagine that market development and transparency (at least to the usual […]
Ecology/Environmental planning, registers and protocols
August 29, 2011 by
With the almost immediate beginning of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov shelves by the likes of the China Petroleum Company, Shell, Chevron, Eni, Petrobrazilia et al, one has to suspect there will be a State encouraged ISO 14001 styled (if not ISO 14001 itself) environmental policy push amongst the larger industrial companies operating […]
Ex-President Kuchma speaks on the tug of war over trade (and influence)
June 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Well, after a few rather heavy and hopefully thought provoking posts over the past few days, I expect you are wanting a return to lesser matters dear readers. Fear not, the political holidays will soon be upon us in Ukraine, although of course, the politics and diplomacy will not stop. In the meantime, Ex-President Kuchma, […]