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What lies beneath the Caspian basin, the Central Asian steppes, and Russia's artic shelve is oil. And evidently, quite a lot of it. Estimates for the Caspian Basin reserves go from the low end of 16 billion barrels to a high estimate of 163 billion barrels. Reserves in the Timon Pechora region of the Russian artic are estimated at 126 billion barrels. Kazakstan is thought to have as much as 200 billion barrels of oil while low estimates put their resrves at no less than 50 billion barrles. Each of these reserves is a prize. The last few years have seen a resurgence of the great game as Angl-Aamericam, Russian, French, Turkish and Iranian interests vye for dominion or at least leverage.

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Central Asia

Central Asia: Ripe for the Picking (stratfor)

Central Asia Shuns U.S. Hegemony (Stratfor)

Kazakstan Rebuffs U.S. in Attempt at Economic Independence (Startfor)

Caspian Sea

The Geopolitics of Caspian Oil (Stratfor)

U.S. Loses Influence over Caspian Basin Oil (Stratfor)

Iran May Challenge Russian Caspian Hegemony (Stratfor)

Turkey

Trans-Balkan Pipeline Complicates U.S.-Turkey Relations (Stratfor)

Iran

Azerbaijan Re-examines Iranian Relations (Stratfor)

Competition for Georgian Loyalty Intensifies (Stratfor)

Iran Asserts Itself in the Caucasus (Stratfor)

Central Europe

Central Europe's Energy Needs and New Caspian Suppliers (Stratfor)

From the Black Sea to Europe: The Next Contest for Energy Routes (Stratfor)

Russia

Kremlin Keeps a Grip on Gazprom (Stratfor)

Fields (The New York Times)

The United States

Washington Chases Oil (Stratfor)

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