Caspian pipelines ease Russia’s grip
(Asia Times) – The overland oil pipeline that Kazakhstan intends to build from the Tengiz field, in the northwest of the country, to the port of Aqtau in the southwest could help the country shed its dependency on Russia’s export ways.

Medvedev talks pipelines in Central Asia
(St. Petersburg Times) – President Dmitry Medvedev wound up a three-state energy tour with talks in Kazakhstan on Saturday and Sunday to consolidate his country’s monopoly on transiting Central Asian gas.

Kazakhstan negotiates with Azerbaijan and Georgia new oil pipeline
(TREND) – Kazakhstan has began talks with Azerbaijan and Georgia on the construction of new oil pipeline from Baku to Batumi port of the Black Sea, Timur Kulibayev, chairman of KazEnergy Association said.