2013 was a crucial year for energy relations between the EU and Azerbaijan, Europe’s key partner in the Caspian region. After a decade of ups and downs and a heated pipeline race, a Final Investment Decision (FID) has been reached on the Shah-Deniz phase II development (SD-II). It paves the way for Azerbaijani supplies of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, which will be shipped to Europe from 2019 on...