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DOE:EIA: Afghanistan
DOE:EIA: Caspian Sea Oil and Natural Gas Export Routes
DOE:EIA: Caspian Sea Region
DOE:EIA: Kazakhstan: Oil Production Joint Ventures
IEA: World Energy Prospects to 2020
Petroleum Reserve Estimates by Country
Dieoff Energy Synopsis
Caucasus Watch
(GIF) Oil and Natural Gas Export Infrastructure in Central Asia and Caucasus
An Oil Conspiracy Theory
A Perilous New Contest for the Next Oil Prize
Oleg Stolyar - Geopolitics in the Caspian: Can Russia Keep Control in Its Own Backyard?
IMC: Big Media/Big Oil Links
MER: The Iraqi Klondike - Oil and Regional Trade
Afghanistan and Enron
Oil Campaign: Greasing The Machine: Bush, His Cabinet and their Oil Connections
1998//: US House of Rep: U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics
(website) The story of Big Oil and Osama bin Laden
-- News/Opinion Articles --
2002/01/26: Asia Times: Pipelineistan, Part 2: The games nations play
2002/01/10: Independent(UK): New US envoy to Kabul lobbied for Taliban oil rights
2001/12/01: BBC: New law sparks Venezuela oil row
2001/11/28: BBC: Caspian pipeline from Kazakhstan opens
2001/11/26: Guardian(UK): Winners and losers in the oil war
2001/11/25: CDreams: The War for Oil Subtext in Afghanistan
2001/11/24: Asia Times: Reconstructing Afghanistan - on oil and gas
2001/11/21: GNN: Pipeline Politics: Oil, Gas and Policy in Afghanistan
2001/09/28: JW: Bush Sr. in business with Bin Laden family conglomerate through Carlyle Group
2001/06/27: GPO: Firm's Iraq Deals Greater Than Cheney Has Said
2001/11/20: RealityNews: Meet the Carlyle Group
2001/11/20: IrishTimes: US efforts to make peace summed up by 'oil'
2001/11/19: IRNA: MP attends Duma session, discusses Caspian sea legal regime
2001/11/19: IRNA: Caspian Sea may get new legal status in January-July 2002
2001/11/20: Asia Times: US policy on Taliban influenced by oil - authors
2001/11/18: TruthOut: U.S. Policy Towards Taliban Influenced by Oil - Say Authors
2001/11/18: CDreams: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Recognize the Link Between Oil, War
2001/11/13: IRNA: Iran, Russia play key role in settlement of Caspian issues x
2001/10/05: CSIRO: The Big Rollover: World oil production decline predictions
2001/11/09: Janes: Caspian security under threat
2001/11/08: BBC: A war for the pipelines?
2001/11/08: EurAsiaNet: American diplomat sees encouraging signs on Baku-Ceyhan pipeline - Q & A with Steven R. Mann:
2001/11/07: AlterNet: What bin Laden and Bush Don't Talk About: The Politics of Oil
2001/10/29: Salon: Stuck in the Gulf - Could Central Asian oil, piped through a rebuilt Afghanistan, wean the West from the Mideast?
2001/10/31: Moles: How oil interests play out in US bombing of Afghanistan
1997/12/04: BBC: Taleban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline
2001/11/02: SF Gate: It's about oil
2001/10/31: IRNA: UK may have to import 90 per cent of gas needs by 2020
2001/10/30: EurAsiaNet: Russia raises its Caspian basin energy profile
2001/10/29: IMC: Pipelines and War in Central Asia
2001/10/27: WSWS: Britain: Reports admit this is a war for oil
2001/10/25: CSM: The Great Gas Game - Who will run Caspian natural gas through Afghanistan?
2001/10/25: Sydney Herald: Control of Central Asia's oil is the real goal
2001/10/23: CP: America's Pipe Dream
2001/10/21: IRIB: US seeks export route for Turkmen gas,bypassing Iran
2001/10/21: GulfNews: 'U.S. eyes Central Asian oil'
2001/10/13: The Hindu: America, oil and Afghanistan
2001/10/16: CD: New Targets of Terror: Media Outlets and a Poor Country to Build Back for Big Oil
2001/10/16: IRNA: Iran the best route for central Asian energy pipeline: daily
2001/10/16: AlterNet: The Real Price of Oil
2001/10/16: AlterNet: The SUV-Terrorism Connection
2001/10/16: Sydney Herald : One false step could leave vast oil resources in control of Islam's fanatics
2001/10/14: Times of India: Foreign powers have eyes on Caspian Sea: Iran
2001/10/13: CSF: Re: this is about oil. It's always about oil
2001/09/27: PNews: An Oil War Coming? (Part 1)
2001/09/27: PNews: WAR for OIL Profits (Part 2)
2001/09/26: SF Gate: Energy future rides on U.S. war - Conflict centered in world's oil patch
Unlocking the Assets: Energy and the Future of Central Asia and the Caucasus: Working Papers
The Economics of Pipeline Routes: The Conundrum of Oil Exports from the Caspian Basin
Caspian Gas Exports: Stranded Reserves In A Unique Predicament
2001/09/27: PNews: An Oil War Coming?
2001/10/07: ANN: New U.S. Aid for Central Asia, Russia
2001/10/06: CSF: WTC attack, Caspian oil and the Afghan pipeline connection
2001/10/06: Asia Times: The oil behind Bush and Son's campaigns
2001/10/05: Mother Jones: The Real Price of Oil
2001/10/04: The Hindu: Enron out of oil project
2000/10/04: WWO: Washington's strategic target in Central Asia
2001/09/30: BBC: Caspian pipeline deal signed
2001/09/28: CounterPunch: War and Oil, Renewable Energy: A Top Priority at Last?
2001/09/27: LAWeekly: It�s the Oil - Never mind the pundits, the root cause remains the same
2001/09/26: New Republic: Why this war is also about oil
2001/09/26: SF Chronicle: Energy future rides on U.S. war - Conflict centered in world's oil patch
2001/09/24: Guardian(UK): It's all about oil ... again
2001/03/05: Guardian(UK): The new Great Game
2001/02/15: Guardian(UK): A discreet deal in the pipeline
2000/01/12: Asia Times: Chechnya or the latest phase of the Great Game
1999: CAQ: Backing up Globalization with Military Might
1999/05/05: Oil and Gas in the Caspian Sea: Economic and Political Ramifications
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