30.09.09 Caspian Focus September issue: Table of contents

REGIONAL FOCUS
> Lack of progress on KCTS tests trans-Caspian relations
> CPC expansion set for end of year go-ahead.

KAZAKHSTAN
> Socar's Abdullaev and Nassirov in Astana for annual Kazenergy conference
> Karachagnak partners throw down gauntlet on export tariffs
> KMG E&P takes over parent's stake in PK
> First Pearls oil not due until 2016
> KMG forges Vietnamese alliance
> Dusanzi refinery ready for Kazakh oil
> Nazarbaev set to get the job for life
> Banker arrested in anti-corruption drive
> Total and Lukoil plan to team up.

RUSSIA
> All-powerful Gunvor dips its toes in the Caspian
> Lukoil delays start up at Yuri Korchagin.

TURKMENISTAN
> Small is beautiful: Offshore production sharing agreement awarded to Moscow's Itera
> New York trip includes high level meetings: Berdymuhamedov attends UN general assembly.

IRAN
> Tougher sanctions loom.