For years, the race to tap into the Caspian Sea's vast oil and gas resources has outweighed any desire to protect its delicate environment.

• May 26, 2010

The Baltic States comprises of the three states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania which lie in north-central Europe, on the eastern edge of the Baltic Sea. These countries gained their independence from the former U.S.S.R. in 1991.

• May 26, 2010

China and the United States agreed to work together in order to ensure energy security and stabilise the international energy market.

• May 26, 2010

Energy and security: Russia’s new obsession with the wider Black Sea region Revived by the economic recovery it has witnessed in recent years, and not necessarily weakened by the global financial crisis, Russia is demonstrating itself to be an increasingly assertive (political and economic) force in the wider-Black and Caspian Seas (BCS) basin. Exerting influence in the BCS region is a crucial element in the Russian geopolitical strategy, given the region’s importance both as an energy producer as well as its vitality as a primary corridor for the transit of oil and gas to international markets.

• May 26, 2010

Russia wants Poland to participate in the construction of the Baltic nuclear power station in the Kaliningrad Oblast corridor.

• May 25, 2010

During Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Ankara this month, Turkey and Russia enhanced their multi-dimensional partnership by signing 17 agreements.

• May 25, 2010

Energy-rich Turkmenistan will start later this month building a pipeline linking its natural gas-rich fields in the east to the Caspian Sea coast in an effort to increase its export potential, a state newspaper said Monday.

• May 25, 2010

Statoil and  EGL today, 20 May, announced the divestment of a combined stake of 15% in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline Project (TAP) to E.ON Ruhrgas - a leading energy provider.

• May 24, 2010