Introduction

Abstract

This book takes together and systematizes the information about the pipeline projects that were accomplished or discussed beginning from the late 1980s to the mid-second decade of the twenty-first century in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions. Using the abundant data available on this issue, the authors investigated the state and perspectives of oil and gas production in the countries of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions and described numerous projects, each of which made its own weighty contribution into the development of the pipeline transport in this part of the world. This book is intended for specialists in international relations in the field of energy, regional relations, for experts studying the socioeconomic and political development of the countries of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions.