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Silk Road Intelligencer: News Roundup - September 6, 2007 (Part 2)

Sep 6, 2007

News Roundup - September 6, 2007 (Part 2)

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Premier Warns Eni About Failures At Caspian Oil Field
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov today warned the Eni-led consortium operating the Kashagan oil project that delays and cost overruns are taking on a "systematic character" and that the government is having doubts about the ability of the consortium to complete the project...
MarketWatch: Eni Is Willing to Examine All Issues at Kashagan Oil Field
Italy's Eni SpA said Thursday it's willing to examine all issues at the Kashagan project as negotiations between the consortium developing the oil field and Kazakh authorities continue to settle a dispute...
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov suggested Thursday that the state-run energy company Kazmunaigas should take a major role in a troubled foreign-led project to develop the massive Kashagan oil field...
Kazakhstan on Thursday demanded greater control over the giant Kashagan oilfield in the Caspian Sea on Thursday, complaining that inadequate management of the project by a foreign consortium led by Italy’s Eni had damaged the Central Asian republic’s economy and reputation as a reliable global energy supplier...
Security Relations between Kazakhstan and China, though traditionally low-key and not widely publicized, have been growing steadily. Given the enhanced security cooperation within the SCO to combat terrorism, as witnessed in the highly publicized SCO ‘Peace Mission 2007’ antiterrorist exercises in China and Russia August 9-17, 2007, combined with China’s evolving energy interests in Kazakhstan, both countries appear set to enhance their military cooperation...
The outcome of parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan held on August 18 surpassed the pro-presidential forces’ most optimistic expectations of and discouraged other contenders for parliament seats...
Reuters: EU confident of solution over Kazakhstan oilfield
The European Union's executive arm is confident there will be a negotiated solution between Kazakhstan and Western oil companies over a row concerning an oilfield, the European Commission said on Thursday...
Journal of Turkish Weekly: The Rising Star of Central Asia: Kazakhstan
After the collapse of Soviet Union, new countries have emerged in a geography that extends from the Baltic region in the west, through the Pacific Ocean in the East. This region can be called as land of unknowns due to its isolated structure during the times of USSR. After the independence of these countries, new opportunities with new problems also appeared and this issue was widely discussed during 1990s both in intellectual and political circles...
EurasiaNet Civil Society: Moving Forward with Plan to Replace Cyrillic with Latin Alphabet
Even as Kazakhstan maintains close economic and political ties with Russia, Astana is moving ahead with plans to replace Cyrillic script with the Latin alphabet. A feasibility study prepared over the summer proposes that the alphabet change be phased in over a 12-to-15-year period...

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