Dependable information from the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk in 48 hours.  Each month library staff look at one of the many enquiries received and highlight selected resources, including the Virtual Library, that provide relevant answers.  

The enquiry this month 

• I would like to find out about the fuel industry in the CIS countries (The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) i.e. former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan,  Turkmenistan.)                                     

Simple word searches of Chemical Business NewsBase CBNB via ChemVillage and Business Source Corporate via EBSCO in the Virtual Library retrieved information, additionally with full text e-content from EBSCO:

CBNB

Kazakhstan, Russia join in oil pipeline projects
Oil and Gas Journal, v 105, n 19, 21 May 2007, p 10

Eriell Corporation looks for oil and natural gas in Uzbekistan
Hospodarske Noviny, v 51, 95 (Exporter Supplement), 17 May 2007, p 24

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan signs deal with Turcas for oil refinery
Petroleum Review, v 61, n 723, Apr 2007, p 8

Belarus demands a fee of $45/tonne for the transit of Russian oil through its territory
Hospodarske Noviny, v 51, n 3, 4 Jan 2007, p 19

Business Source Corporate - full text records

Azerbaijan: The Trials And Tribulations Of Being An Oil Exporter 
Emerging Markets Monitor, 4/16/2007, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p19-19

Pushing new Uzbek energy sources
Trade Finance, Mar2007, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p80-80

Belarussian Oil Shale as a Prospective Raw Material for Fuel, Energy and Chemical Industries - To Be Or Not To Be? 
Oil Shale, 2007, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p5-7

Georgia Power to Replace Coal-Fueled Plant with Natural Gas 
Worldwide Energy, Jan2007, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p6-7

A quick scan of the titles can give an overall picture of the scenario in this business area.  These resources would cost thousands in individual subscriptions but are free to members at the Virtual Library

As part of the services of the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk we can supplement the information above with references retrieved from Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science.

Members can carry out their own high quality research from the Virtual Library simply by logging in to a resource with their membership number and password.