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Oil majors have studied the viability of alternative routes in recent months, the three sources said, including to China and trans-Caspian shipments to Azerbaijan and Georgia.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2022

The advance of Russia to the Turkoman deserts and the Oxus demanded a definite boundary between her trans-Caspian conquests and the kingdom of Afghanistan.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

The astronomical observatory at Tashkent is adopted for the initial starting-point of the trans-Caspian triangulation of Russia; the triangulation ranks as second-class only, and now extends to the Pamir frontier beyond Osh.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

In 1890 he was made Lieutenant-General and was sent to govern the trans-Caspian region and to command the troops there stationed.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various

It seems that my informants accompanied him up to the point where the trans-Caspian railway is in working order. 

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various