Executive Summary
The Role and Significance of the Caspian Sea Continental Shelf as Part of the World’s Continental Shelf
Chapter 1. General Information
1.1 Geography, Natural and Climatic Conditions of the Caspian Sea Shelf
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
1.2 Problems of Delimitation of the Caspian Sea Shelf into National Sectors
1.3 Legislative Regulation of Shelf Subsoil Usage
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
Chapter 2. Hydrocarbon Resource Base
2.1 Geological Zoning and the Status of Data Available on the Shelf of Caspian Sea
Oil and Gas Provinces
Oil- and Gas-bearing Basins and Regions
Extent of Geological Knowledge of the Caspian Basin
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
2.2 Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources of the Caspian Sea
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
Chapter 3. Production, Exports, Offshore Projects
3.1 Exploration and Production Projects (Current and Projected)
Russian Sector
Northern Block
Tsentralny Block
Yalamo-Samursky Block
North Caspian Block
Inchkhe-more Field
Derbentsky and Dimitrovsky Blocks
Izberbashsky and Sulaksky Blocks
Lagansky Block
Kazakhstan Sector
North Caspian Project
Dostyk
Tyub-Karagan
Atashsky
Kurmangazy
Zhambai South and South Zaburunye
Azerbaijan Sector
Azeri-Chyrag-Gyuneshli (AChG)
Shakh Deniz
Inam
Turkmenistan Sector
Cheleken Project
Project Block-1
Project Unified Offshore Blocks 11-12
Iranian Sector
3.2 Production and Exports
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
Chapter 4. Caspian Market for Offshore Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms
Drilling Rigs
Production Platforms
4.1 Current Status of Offshore Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms. Demand for Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sestor
Azerbaijan Sector
Turkmenistan Sector
Iranian Sector
Chapter 5. Export Routes from the Caspian Region
5.1 Existing Export Infrastructure and Current Export Routes
Russian Sector
Existing Pipelines
Oil Terminals
Rail Transportation
Kazakhstan Sector
Existing Pipelines
Oil Terminals
Tanker Shipments
Azerbaijan Sector
Existing Pipelines
Turkmenistan Sector
Oil Terminals
Iranian Sector
5.2 Prospective Export Routes
Russian Sector
Kazakhstan Sector
CPC Pipeline
Atyrau-Samara Pipeline
China-bound Pipeline
Kazakh-Turkmen-Iranian (KTI) Pipeline Project
Trans-Caspian Pipeline
Tanker Transportation
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)
Central Asia-Center Pipeline
Azerbaijan Sector
South Caucasus Gas Pipeline
Turkmenistan Sector
Kazakh-Turkmen-Iranian (KTI) Oil Pipeline
Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline
Iranian Sector
Appendix 1. Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources
1.1 Actual Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources
1.2 New Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources
Categories of Reserves and Resources of Hydrocarbons under the Existing Russian Classification
Appendix 2. Content of Hydrocarbons in the Bitumen of Sedimentary Rocks
Appendix 3. Geological Zoning in the Caspian Sea