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Mariana Liakopoulou

Feb 24, 20195 min read

Beyond the SGC | part 2

A regional infrastructure perspective

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Mariana Liakopoulou

Oct 14, 20184 min read

Beyond the SGC | part 1

Interconnecting Central/East Europe and the Balkans?

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Mariana Liakopoulou

Aug 1, 20181 min read

My latest for European Gas Hub

The Caspian Legal Status and Riparian States’ Outlook on the SGC

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Mariana Liakopoulou

Jun 28, 20186 min read

My interview with Azer News

SGC to bring new breath to European gas market

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Mariana Liakopoulou

Jun 27, 20183 min read

The EU-Qatar LNG Wrangle

The June 21st announcement by the European Commission, heralding a probe into Qatar’s LNG supply agreements with European importers, does...

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Mariana Liakopoulou

May 21, 20187 min read

My publication for European Gas Hub

The Kazakh-Uzbek Export Conundrum: Implications for the SGC

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Oil Transit Via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Set to Grow

Mariana Liakopoulou

May 4, 20183 min read

Oil Transit Via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Set to Grow

Crude export volumes from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline are going to increase over the...

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Uzbekistan to Participate in TAPI Pipeline Project

Mariana Liakopoulou

May 4, 20183 min read

Uzbekistan to Participate in TAPI Pipeline Project

Uzbekistan’s intention to take part in the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline was discussed between...

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Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan: 1Q Oil Production Levels and Acquiescence to the OPEC Curbs

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 27, 20185 min read

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan: 1Q Oil Production Levels and Acquiescence to the OPEC Curbs

In the first quarter of 2018, Azerbaijan’s oil output rose by 2.4%, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of 2017,...

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Southern Gas Corridor: TANAP Poised to Open on June 30

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 27, 20182 min read

Southern Gas Corridor: TANAP Poised to Open on June 30

The Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) has been completed by 93.5% and the first Azeri gas is going to start flowing via the second leg of...

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Iran, India: Farzad B Issue Nears Settlement

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 20, 20184 min read

Iran, India: Farzad B Issue Nears Settlement

Differences between Iran and India over development of the ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL)-discovered Farzad B gas field have been resolved, Iran’s...

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Russia, Turkey, Iran: Energy Dimensions of a Tripartite Alliance

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 13, 20184 min read

Russia, Turkey, Iran: Energy Dimensions of a Tripartite Alliance

On April 2 the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority granted Rosatom a construction license for the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power...

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Cumulative Oil Production at Lukoil’s North Caspian Fields Hits 15-Million-Tons Milestone

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 13, 20184 min read

Cumulative Oil Production at Lukoil’s North Caspian Fields Hits 15-Million-Tons Milestone

Lukoil has since 2010 extracted 15 million tons of oil from the Yuri Korchagin and Vladimir Filanovsky fields, situated within the...

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Development of New Oil Fields Expected Near Kashagan

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 5, 20182 min read

Development of New Oil Fields Expected Near Kashagan

All 40 wells planned during Kashagan’s first production phase have been drilled and hence drilling operations at the field in...

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Iran: Azar Output to Double by End Of 2018

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 5, 20183 min read

Iran: Azar Output to Double by End Of 2018

Upon completion of newly drilled wells in the onshore Azar oilfield, shared with neighboring Iraq, where it is known as Badra, and...

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Berdimuhamedov And Rouhani Agree on Gas Swaps, Keep Negotiating on Gas Debt Settlement

Mariana Liakopoulou

Apr 5, 20183 min read

Berdimuhamedov And Rouhani Agree on Gas Swaps, Keep Negotiating on Gas Debt Settlement

Following an unofficial meeting, rumored to have taken place at the Ashgabat International Airport in between Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s...

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Southern Gas Corridor: European Parliament Votes Against Greens’ Motion to Reject the PCI List

Mariana Liakopoulou

Mar 29, 20182 min read

Southern Gas Corridor: European Parliament Votes Against Greens’ Motion to Reject the PCI List

A motion tabled by a group of Green MEPs to exclude major gas infrastructure projects from the European Commission’s list of projects of...

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Around 2.5BCM of Gas Will Be Required for Astana Gasification Project

Mariana Liakopoulou

Mar 29, 20183 min read

Around 2.5BCM of Gas Will Be Required for Astana Gasification Project

Around 2.5BCM of natural gas are going to be required in order for a project on the gasification of Astana and of Kazakhstan’s central...

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Tehran Closes Year on Pre-Sanctions Oil Export Levels and Gas Self-Sufficiency

Mariana Liakopoulou

Mar 29, 20183 min read

Tehran Closes Year on Pre-Sanctions Oil Export Levels and Gas Self-Sufficiency

Iranian oil exports towards the Asian and EU markets averaged at 2.6Mbbl/d throughout the past 1396 year, in the Solar Hijri calendar...

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Ashgabat Invites Baku To Participate in TAPI

Mariana Liakopoulou

Mar 21, 20183 min read

Ashgabat Invites Baku To Participate in TAPI

Turkmenistan has extended an invitation to Azerbaijan requesting the participation of its neighboring country in the implementation of...

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