The Caspian Sea region, including the Sea and the states surrounding it, is important to world energy markets because of its potential to become a major oil and natural gas exporter over the next decade. However, this potential has been complicated by several factors, including a lack of adequate export infrastructure, disagreement over new export routes, and border disputes between the littoral states. GENERAL BACKGROUND The Caspian Sea has become a landmark for the former …showed first 75 words of 8554 total…

…showed last 75 words of 8554 total…ated sea bottom sediments in the Caspian severely. SOURCES 1. International Center for Caspian Studies 2. U.S. Agency for International Development 3. U.S. International Trade Administration, Energy Division 4. Library of Congress Country Study on Iran 5. Library of Congress Country Study on the former Soviet Union 6. RFE/RL: Energy Politics in the Caspian and Russia 7. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project 8. Caspian Crossroads Magazine 9. Caspian Energy 10. Caspian News Agency 11. Caspian Oil Industry News 12. Caspian Pipeline Consortium 13. Caspian Sea News