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  • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

    Originally posted by Vrej1915 View Post
    My dear,
    don't get lured by the the smoke, but look at hard facts.
    1- the article is of course signed by a bakinsky pen. But it is more the evidence of their anger towards EU policy....
    2- turns out, that the EU is sabotaging Bakinsky dreams, no matter official lines.
    3- Real Question: If the EU (US), sabotages Russian (openly admitted), and turkish sources (undercover), for whom are they letting place??
    Iran

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    • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan


      Brent Crude Oil hitting another historic low, trading at under $50, lowest point since the price began declining last June

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      • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

        Azerbaijani Oil Income in July 2015: Revenue declined by 23 %


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        • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

          Originally posted by Mher View Post
          Azerbaijani Oil Income in July 2015: Revenue declined by 23 %


          http://cesd.az/new/wp-content/upload...Azerbaijan.pdf
          It will be ineresting to know the base they will adopt for the barel price, for their next year budget.
          As it seems, the price of the barrel will remain low for the coming 2 years...., the main target being Russia of course.


          While Russia's economic collapse is bad news for our economy, and migrant transfer based families , it is the last hope for our independence.
          More so, this kind of low prices will end up ruining the bakinsky reserve fund.
          For now, BP, under Aliyef pressure is trying to compensate, by pumping the maximum it can, from a shrinking production.
          We may bet, they will not allocate more funds for new prospections in off shore projects...., as long as the prices are this low. New off-shore oil in deep waters of the caspian may reach a cost price >40 USD....
          After a couple of years, anyway, the baku will not any big oil to sell anyway.....

          We just need to hold some more time, and try to fight for breathing space, from the russian grip, before a potential price hike will give Russia an other boost (more imperialistic ambitions/pretenzia ...)

          it's time to work hard, and think big, to save us, and our futur generations.
          The borders are going to change, all over the region, no matter what Moskwa orders Nalbantov to do or not...
          No matter how much Moskwa puts its veto, we must engage Iran for good, and try to take part of the game on our Eternal soil, in Erkir.
          This kind of opportunity may not come before decades...., and might be the last for our state, anyway.

          This oil price shrink is a good blessed opportunity for us, and we ow it to Mr Putin's megalomaniac policy.

          Just think as Armenians, and not vassals.....
          Everything is still possible....

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          • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

            SHAH DENIZ GAS EXPORT INCOME DECREASED

            Posted by Administrator on Friday, August 14, 2015

            “Azerbaijan’s income from export of gas and gas condensate within Stage 1 of Shah Deniz Project decreased by 36% to $189.5 million US this summer,” European website naturalgaseurope writes, quoting an anonymous source in the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).
            According to web resource, the cause is the decline in world prices for oil and gas, and the increase in capital expenditures on Shah Deniz 2. At that, production at the field increased by 9.5% compared to the same period of 2014 and accounted for 5.2 billion cu m for the past half-year. The main buyer of gas from Shah Deniz 1 is Turkey, which, according to the resource, in value terms reduced by 25% the import of Azerbaijani gas, and the price of gas condensate even decreased by 45%. According to the BP report on 1st half of 2015, the Shah Deniz Project partners bear high costs for the implementation of 2nd phase of the development of this Caspian field. So for Jan-Jun the Shah Deniz Project has been capex for $2.26 billion US, mainly for Stage 2 versus $1.766 billion US for the 2014 same term.



            once again confirming why the idea that their gas will replace their oil is total bullsh*t

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            • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

              Originally posted by Mher View Post
              SHAH DENIZ GAS EXPORT INCOME DECREASED

              Posted by Administrator on Friday, August 14, 2015

              “Azerbaijan’s income from export of gas and gas condensate within Stage 1 of Shah Deniz Project decreased by 36% to $189.5 million US this summer,” European website naturalgaseurope writes, quoting an anonymous source in the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).
              According to web resource, the cause is the decline in world prices for oil and gas, and the increase in capital expenditures on Shah Deniz 2. At that, production at the field increased by 9.5% compared to the same period of 2014 and accounted for 5.2 billion cu m for the past half-year. The main buyer of gas from Shah Deniz 1 is Turkey, which, according to the resource, in value terms reduced by 25% the import of Azerbaijani gas, and the price of gas condensate even decreased by 45%. According to the BP report on 1st half of 2015, the Shah Deniz Project partners bear high costs for the implementation of 2nd phase of the development of this Caspian field. So for Jan-Jun the Shah Deniz Project has been capex for $2.26 billion US, mainly for Stage 2 versus $1.766 billion US for the 2014 same term.



              once again confirming why the idea that their gas will replace their oil is total bullsh*t
              Referring to http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/deta...-in-1h15-25049
              the figure presented is "decreased by 36 percent to $189.532 million," which looks more like 189 thousand and 532 million which to me is just under 20 billion.

              I am open to correction, however 186 million is just peanuts, they might as well cap the wells and have a go at growing potatoes.!!

              .
              Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
              Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
              Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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                Originally posted by londontsi View Post
                Referring to http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/deta...-in-1h15-25049
                the figure presented is "decreased by 36 percent to $189.532 million," which looks more like 189 thousand and 532 million which to me is just under 20 billion.

                I am open to correction, however 186 million is just peanuts, they might as well cap the wells and have a go at growing potatoes.!!

                .
                No; their numbers sound quite correct.

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                • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

                  This article describes the situation in Kazakstan, much larger, much richer, and less strained by military expenses.
                  Yet, given the picture there, we may imagine what must be for bakinski khans, giver their much bigger dependance from oil money....


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                  Kazakhstan: Gloom in Energy Sector as Oil Price Falls
                  August 17, 2015



                  Sinking oil prices are putting the brakes on Kazakhstan’s once-soaring economy, forcing layoffs in the all-important energy sector.

                  With memories of the months-long strike in the western town of Zhanaozen that culminated in a bloody crackdown in 2011 still fresh in the memory, the government has put measures in place to prevent the seeds of industrial unrest.

                  As the global benchmark for oil was plunging below $50 per barrel last week, Sino-Kazakhstani drilling company Velikaya Stena (Great Wall) announced a raft of layoffs. A company official contacted by EurasiaNet.org on August 12 confirmed that 203 staff had been fired and that another 200 layoffs are expected in the fall.

                  Velikaya Stena, which is based in the western oil-hub city of Aktobe, is only one of many feeling the squeeze from the low price for oil, which accounts for a quarter of Kazakhstan’s economy and 60 percent of its balance of payments.

                  “Low oil prices have hit profits at Kazakh producers,” Alex Nice, Kazakhstan analyst at the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit, told EurasiaNet.org. “They have also struggled because, unlike the Russian central bank, the Kazakh National Bank has held the currency relatively steady against the dollar since February last year. As a result, labor costs for commodity producers have remained high in dollar terms.”

                  The scale of the revenue squeeze in the oil sector was demonstrated last month when the National Bank was compelled to step in and prop up Kazakhstan’s cash-strapped oil giant, KazMunayGaz.

                  The layoffs in Aktobe have heightened the mood of despondency in the energy sector, a source at CNPC-AktobeMunayGaz, a Sino-Kazakhstani joint venture between the two countries’ state energy companies, told EurasiaNet.org on condition of anonymity. “The mood is very low, because people don’t want to lose their jobs,” the source at the Aktobe-based firm said.

                  A distressed oil worker quoted in a report on the layoffs was indicative of a high sense of concern among those who still have jobs at Velikaya Stena, which has cut salaries by half in a cost-cutting measure to compensate for falling revenues. “I’m the only breadwinner in the family,” Kanay Borekeshov told the Moy Gorod regional news website. “I have four children. … The money we get is barely enough for us. And if they cut the salary and then leave us without work at all, we will be finished.”

                  “We currently have only seven teams working out of 24,” lamented Arman Kamalov, Velikaya Stena’s deputy director, in remarks quoted by Moy Gorod. “Work is drying up.”

                  The experience of Zhanaozen has taught authorities the value of more efficient negotiation. Since those events, the government has pressured oil companies to come to terms with strikers on the rare occasions that industrial action occurs. A strike in May at a company servicing the massive Karachaganak field in northwestern Kazakhstan was swiftly ended with a pay offer.

                  But Astana is showing that it is still ready to wield the stick.

                  Last year, parliament adopted legislation placing severe restrictions on independent trade union activity and criminalizing any action deemed to provoke an illegal strike.

                  Trade unions are also bristling over the drafting of a new labor code. In a statement on July 23, the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan condemned the pending legislation, which is intended to revise rules on numerous points, including contract termination and salary. “The new draft of the Labor Code strengthens the position of the employer at the expense of workers’ rights,” the statement said. “Adoption of the Labor Code will create the conditions for increased social tension in labor collectives and even across entire industries.”

                  While oil workers are alarmed by the impact of low prices on their employers, the CNPC-AktobeMunayGaz source told EurasiaNet.org there is little appetite for striking. “People are dissatisfied, but they understand that oil prices are low so they are treating [cost-cutting measures] with understanding.”

                  Over the near term, analysts believe Kazakhstan’s oil companies can weather the storm. “Currently, there is no reason to expect mass dismissals as the crisis is just emerging,” Kassymkhan Kapparov, director of the National Bureau for Economic Research, told EurasiaNet.org.

                  It all seemed so much brighter only two years ago. Astana was counting on a massive boost in output with the launch of the super-giant Kashagan field. Delays there now mean it will not start pumping oil, as well as generating revenue for the treasury, until 2017.

                  The government says oil output will be flat this year, at 80 million metric tons, while OPEC forecasts that Kazakhstan’s production will actually fall slightly in 2015. Kazakhstan’s budget is based on an oil price of $50 per barrel, so any sustained fall below that level will put pressure on government spending.

                  Officials are already dipping into the country’s National Fund – a pool of accumulated energy revenue set aside for a rainy day – to breathe life into the flagging economy, which Astana forecasts will grow at just 1.5 percent this year.

                  “Low commodity prices are likely to have a significant impact on Kazakhstan’s economy,” said Nice. “[Gross domestic product] growth is likely to slow to 1-2 percent this year, down from 4.3 percent in 2014.”

                  “The government has responded with an infrastructure program to offset weak investment, but it is cutting back spending in other areas,” he said. “If commodity prices and exports also remain weak in the coming years, it’s hard to see where the drivers of growth will come from.”

                  Editor's note: Joanna Lillis is a freelance writer who specializes in Central Asia.

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                  • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

                    «Нефтяной век» Азербайджана подходит к концу

                    Стоимость марки Azeri Light на Лондонской нефтяной бирже понизилась на $2 или на 3,86%, составив $46,23 за баррель. Ранее экономист Фуад Ализаде сообщал, что из-за падения цен на азербайджанскую нефть ниже $60 валютные резервы Центрального банка Азербайджана (ЦБА) сокращаются. На 31 июля они составили всего $8,501 млрд, снизившись с июня на $19 млн. Валютные резервы ЦБА упали на $6,692 млрд от максимального показателя в июле 2014 года. Заметим, что часть госбюджета Азербайджана — около 50% — обеспечивается за счёт трансфертов из Нефтяного фонда (ГНФАР). На 1 июля 2014 года его активы равнялись $37,6 млрд при том, что Азербайджан за последние 10 лет только по программе развития регионов потратил $50 млрд. Однако, по данным бакинского портала Нaqqin. az, ГНФАР начал терять свои ресурсы: на 1 июля текущего года активы Фонда сократились на 3,56% с начала 2015 года. Если тогда они составляли $37,104 млрд, то полгода спустя показатель снизился до $35 783,3 млрд. И произошло это на фоне снижения доходов Фонда более чем в два раза.

                    «На первый взгляд, доходы за год уменьшились лишь на 33%, но надо учесть, что именно на столько девальвировался манат в феврале текущего года, — отмечает Нaggin az. — Поэтому эти расчеты лучше показывать в долларах. В перерасчете же на доллары доходы Фонда, которые на 1 июля прошлого года составили $8,3 млрд, снизились уже в 2,1 раза и составили всего $3,9 млрд». При этом азербайджанские эксперты считают, что «девальвация маната сыграла ещё одну злую шутку с ГНФАР, который «на 32,8% превысил лимит установленного инвестиционного портфеля, ибо основной перенабор инвестиционный портфель потерпел по итогам первого квартала, когда и произошла девальвация национальной валюты». Но и сейчас, похоже, всё вновь идёт к очередной девальвации. В Баку закрылось большинство пунктов обмена валют, а те, что продолжают работу, отказываются продавать доллары. Объективности ради отметим, что Фонд внимательно отслеживает конъюнктуру мирового энергетического рынка. Ещё в сентябре прошлого года у бакинских экспертов вызывало удивление то, что ГНФАР приобрел 10 тонн золота и хранил его в лондонских банках, а затем транспортировал его в Азербайджан. «Обмен нефтедоходов Азербайджана на золото, потерявшее за последний год $40 за унцию, непонятен», — заявил глава Центра экономического и социального развития Азербайджана Вугар Байрамов, подчеркнув, что «приобретение золота Фондом пришлось на период снижения интереса к этому драгоценному металлу на мировых рынках».

                    Напомним, что ещё в октябре прошлого года президент Азербайджана Ильхам Алиев на расширенном заседании кабинета министров всех уверял в том, что «не верит, чтобы снижение цен на нефть серьезно отразилось на нас», хотя усматривал определенные угрозы со стороны мировой экономики, которая «пока еще не вышла из кризиса». По данным агентства Turan, правительство выстроило бюджет 2015 года на базе $90 за баррель. Чиновники подчеркивали, что «для бюджета нет никаких угроз, даже если цена будет ниже отметки $90 за баррель», и «если потребуется, можно пересмотреть бюджет, увеличить трансферты из Нефтяного фонда». Расчёт оказался неверным, а просчёт, как сейчас признают азербайджанские эксперты, заключался в недоучете фактора Ирана, который после подписания Венского соглашения выводится из режима санкций. Поставки иранской нефти на мировой рынок могут значительно вырасти. А такая перспектива способна снова обрушить цены на нефть. По оценкам экспертов, $45 долларов за баррель — это ещё оптимистичный прогноз, негативный — $15 — $25 за баррель. Такой сценарий для многих нефтедобывающих стран, включая Россию, создаёт проблемы, но для Азербайджана — это приговор экономике, перспектива скатывания в тяжелейший социально-экономический кризис.

                    И вот недавно, принимая участие в открытии современного комплекса лечения и отдыха Qalaaltı Hotel & SPA, расположенного на территории Шабранского района, президент Алиев заявил, что «мы должны отставить в сторону нефть, газ, вообще забыть о них». Вскоре появился так называемый Рамочный документ по партнёрству (CPF), подготовленный Всемирным банком (ВБ), который Азербайджан запрещал публиковать. Причины такого запрета не раскрывались, но, как подчеркивает Нaqqin. az, «чувствовалось, что в материалах ВБ явно содержатся какие-то факты, которые не очень устраивают официальный Баку». Теперь гриф снят: ВБ прогнозирует снижение ВВП Азербайджана на 1,5%, а также заметное снижение уровня жизни граждан, впервые за последние годы ожидается отрицательное сальдо торгового баланса. Таким образом, Азербайджан завершает «нефтяной век», и для него наступает время подведения не только экономических, но и политических итогов.

                    Баку не удалось конвертировать имевшиеся региональные преимущества в решение карабахской проблемы по своему сценарию. Оно отодвигается на отдалённую перспективу, и никто сегодня не знает чем конфликт завершится. До сих пор Азербайджан стремился взять реванш за проигранную войну и вернуть Карабах. Этому служили и пока ещё служат энергетические «суперпроекты», призванные оказать давление на Ереван через западные политические и экономические структуры, нейтрализовать армянское лобби в Париже и Вашингтоне. При этом были попытки Баку пробудить Москву к отказу от поддержки Армении в обмен на небольшую долю каспийской нефти. Стала уменьшаться и стратегическая значимость Баку для Вашингтона. В этой связи ведущий специалист Совета по внешней политики (CFR) Е. Вайне Мери в интервью радиостанции «Голос Америки» высказался следующим образом: «Сo стороны мне трудно характеризовать мотивы тех, кто определяет политику в Баку. Однако факт, что в последние месяцы Азербайджан прибегает к таким шагам, которые раздражают не только правительство США, президента Обаму, но и важных лиц в Конгрессе. Для такой мощи как США подобные недовольства накапливаются, и в какой-то момент наступает время «расплаты по счетам», тогда как Алиев и его окружение заняты внутренней ситуацией и все более теряют представление об окружающем мире». Хотя, по словам Е. Вайне Мери, «это относительно маленькая страна, оказавшаяся в тисках между Ираном и Россией, и может наступить время, когда у нее возникнет потребность в сильных друзьях».

                    Судя по многим признакам, имеющийся у Алиева ресурс балансирования между интересами основных мировых центров исчерпан. Борьба за региональное лидерство с опорой на Турцию проиграна. Курдская проблема реально угрожает не только проектам Баку, но и выводит вопрос сохранения территориальной целостности этого государства. Не удалась и попытка Алиева подключить к процессу Саудовскую Аравию, поскольку наступает момент реализации экономического и политического потенциала Ирана. Конечно, эти газовые и нефтяные трубопроводы — сложные инженерные сооружения, требующие больших материальных затрат и много времени, чем частично можно объяснить длительность сроков их строительства. Но ещё в начале XX века американский политик и ученый Д. Шлезингер предупреждал, что для успешной эксплуатации нефтяных полей Прикаспия необходимы «мир в регионе и нефтепровод только к Черному морю». Деньги любят тишину, а нефть — стабильность. Как раз этого сегодня нет вокруг Азербайджана.

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                    • Re: Energy in Azerbaijan

                      Iranian gas will go to Europe via Azerbaijan?



                      Visit of the Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev to Iran has been very fruitful in terms of cooperation between the two countries in the energy field.
                      The Minister, in particular, suggested Tehran to use the infrastructure of Azerbaijan for the supply of Iranian oil and gas to world markets.....
                      Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
                      Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
                      Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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