The Caucasus: An Introduction

by Thomas de Waal

Sea hydrocarbon resources are equal to those of Kuwait and

represent two-thirds of Saudi Arabia’s energy riches.”14

Both of those estimates were actually wil...

5 percent of the world’s proven

reserves. That means it is

Kazakhstan rather than Azerbaijan that stands to be the big Caspian Sea energy power, with reserves estimated to be more than five times greater than Azerbaijan’s.