‘Heavy Industry’ Category
Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review
The latest TWER report is now available from the Caspian Business Journal. Click on the link below to open the latest PDF presentation. TURKMEN WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW N.41
Turkmenistan Weekly Energy Review
The latest TWER report is now available from the Caspian Business Journal. Click on the link below to open the latest PDF presentation. TURKMEN WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW N. 39
Opportunities for New Ventures in Central Asia’s Construction Boom
According to a recent article on Eurasianet.org: “The Pentagon is preparing to embark on a mini-building boom in Central Asia.” The potential infusion of cash for a variety of military, border and customs related projects should mean new opportunities in the regions booming construction and infrastructure sectors. The various projects being outlined by the Pentagon include joint military training facilities (Kyrgyzstan), upgrading existing infrastructure and new border posts (Turkmensitan). Many of these projects are already being put out for tender in the U.S. but should have strong local components as well. One sector that will certainly benefit from additional construction will be in heavy equipment. Turkmenistan already is faced with a lack of heavy equpment, from cranes to industrial cement mixers, due to the already robust nature of projects underway. This includes the massive effort on the Caspian coast in Awaza where new hotels and road networks are being constructed at this very moment. Procurement and leasing of these equipment types should prove to be a lucrative venture for the region, not only in Turkmenistan but Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as well.
GIOGIE 2010
The Caspian Business Journal will be attending this years GIOGIE conference in Tbilisi, Georgia from March 24 – 25. GIOGIE brings together business leaders and entrepreneurs in the engineering, logistics and oil and gas industries working in Georgia and the South Caucasus. According to ITE Group, the organizers of GIOGIE 2010, the following topics will be covered: “The first day will discuss oil & gas transportation; the potential for new pipeline projects; diversification of gas supply, etc
- Recent developments in Georgia’s oil, gas, and energy sectors
- Southern Gas Corridor – updates on securing gas supplies and transit issues (The White Stream gas transportation project; Development of Nabucco gas pipeline; ITGI pipeline)
- Inter-governmental cooperation to secure exportation of Caspian gas & potential for further supply
- Caspian Oil transportation through Georgian Transport Corridor
- Transition from Regional to EU structure and Energy efficiency
Day two will discuss energy efficiency; energy mix developments and investment in the Caspian, Caucasus and Black Sea regions.”
- Energy mix developments in Caucasus region – Energy Security Strategy & Power Generation
- Georgia Hydro Power developments
- Black Sea Regional Transmission Project (BSTP)
Beyond Rogun: The Tajik Hydropower Sector
Tajikistan has some of the greatest hydropower potential of any country in the world, although this potential is largely untapped. Tajikistan has tapped only approximately three percent of its hydropower capacity, which is estimated to be 527 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually.[1] The potential lies in the Amudarya watershed with the Vakhsh River as its most important tributary. The Tajikistan government seeks to exploit this natural resource not only to support its own domestic economy but also as a major export to its neighbors in Central and South Asia. Keep Reading »
In the Navy: Will 2010 See a Naval Construction Boom on the Caspian Shores?
The littoral states of the Caspian showed little interest in modernizing their naval forces over the last two decades. Since the late 1990′s, only a handful of retired patrol boats have been transferred to the navies of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan as part of bilateral security agreements, under the U.S. State Department’s Export Control and Related Border Security program. Kenyon S. Weaver, however, predicts that this is about to change. He takes a look at more recent developments and suggests that the second decade of the 21st century may see a boom in naval construction.
