Kazakhstan, the world’s ninth biggest country by land mass, yet sparsely populated (19 million, or at 197th in density, one of the lowest in the world), might not be associated with the rush to “Green energy”.

Azerbaijan reduced oil and gas condensate production by 7.2 percent year-on-year to 11.559 million tonnes and increased natural gas output.

The vast country, with its relatively small population, attracts about 60 percent of all capital invested in the five former Soviet Central Asian states.