俄罗斯与美欧在阿塞拜疆油气管线上的争夺及前景

Outcome of US and European rivalry with Russia over Azerbaijani oil and gas pipelines

围绕阿塞拜疆里海油气资源出口管道取向,俄罗斯与美国及欧盟展开了激烈的博弈。由美国倡导的BTC输油管道的全面开通打破了俄罗斯对里海石油对欧洲的出口垄断,TANAP和TAP天然气管道的启动表明阿塞拜疆的欧洲取向已经无可逆转。俄罗斯在阿塞拜疆的经济地位和政治影响很快下降,其在欧洲能源市场上的地位也将面临越来越大的挑战。

Upon the Soviet Union's demise the export orientation of the Caspian Sea region's oil and natural gas resources has become a focus of fi erce contention between Russia, and the United States and the EU. Opening of the USinitiated Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan(BTC) comprehensive oil pipeline project and start-up of the already irreversibly Europe-oriented Trans-Anatolian(TANAP) and TransAdriatic(TAP) gas pipelines have therefore fast undercut Russia's economic standing and political influence in Azerbaijan. Russia will face increasing challenges in the European energy market.