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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Revolutions in the Pipeline: Caspian Oil Will Fill Up The Baku-Jeikhan Pipeline from Kommersant, May 25, 2005 — article provides overview of the history of the BTC pipeline, the politics of the various neighboring countries involved, and the possible extension of the pipeline to Kazakhstan The construction of the BTC pipeline was one of the biggest engineering projects of the decade, and certainly one of the biggest to have occurred anywhere in western Asia since the fall of the Soviet Union. The pipeline was officially opened on May 25, 2005 in the presence of President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey, as well as United States Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan_pipeline   (2207 words)

Guardian Unlimited Today's issues Q&A: The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline Another concern cited by the Baku Ceyhan Campaign, a group opposing the pipeline, is the effectiveness of the coating designed to protect the pipe from corrosion. The $3.2bn (£1.74bn) pipeline, the largest private construction project in the world, is part of a $20bn series of energy developments to produce and transport oil and gas from the landlocked Caspian. Turkey says the pipeline could be the "Silk Road of the 21st century", and BP describes the Caspian as one of its major new profit centres. www.guardian.co.uk /theissues/article/0,,1492871,00.html   (766 words)

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline: not yet finished and already threatened Baku based analyst Fariz Ismailzade argues that to achieve longterm security the communities along which the pipelines will pass be must be involved in the protection process. The PKK has already attacked pipelines as recently as last month. Turkish television reported that on October 24 a remote controled device was detonated on a pipeline in the Garzan region. An attack on the pipeline in any place along its route will hurt not only the country where the attack took place but also the other countries which benefit from it. www.iags.org /n1104041.htm   (2028 words)

CorpWatch : The Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline: BP’s Time Bomb In June of 2004, there were reports from engineers working on the pipeline who documented a number of failings in pipeline construction methods, such as the use of inappropriate materials and a failure to hire proper specialists to advise on crossing seismic faults in the earthquake-prone region. The pipeline also crosses Borjomi National Park, a 195,000-acre nature preserve that is home to some 1,600 unique plant species and some of the last remaining Caucasian leopards in the world. The pipeline legal agreements also give BP effective governing power over a strip of land 1,750 miles long, where the company will likely override all national environmental, social, human rights laws for the next 40 years. www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12340   (1795 words)

The Agonist: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Under Construction Baku Today: The laying and filling of pipes got underway at the Sangachal terminal outside Baku last week, BP reports, adding that the effort is part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export pipeline construction project. www.agonist.org /archives/006167.html   (41 words)

Hydrocarbons Technology - Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline The pipeline was officially inaugurated at the Sangachal terminal, near Baku, by President Ilham Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Republic, President Mikhail Saakashvilli of Georgia and President Ahmet Sezer of Turkey, joined by President Nursaltan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan on 25 May 2005. The start of the pipeline is at the Sangachal terminal near Baku, which receives all the oil from the Azeri, Chirag and Gunashli (ACG) offshore oilfields in the Caspian (the control system of the pipeline is also situated here). The pipeline crosses the land of 20,000 individuals and companies who have been compensated with a share of over $133 million for the acquisition of rights to the small portion of their land where the pipeline runs. www.hydrocarbons-technology.com /projects/bp   (1461 words)

Pipeline & Gas Journal: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline vital link for east and west.@ HighBeam Research The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is the first attempt of its scale to extract and transport Azerbaijan oil reserves to the western world, covering three nations in its route. Pipeline & Gas Journal: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline vital link for east and west.@ HighBeam Research The BTC pipeline in Turkey encompasses 1,076 km from the Georgia-Turkey border in the Posof District to the marine terminal being constructed at Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea. www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:135468406&refid=holomed_1   (203 words)

Sobaka :: The Last War First: The War on Terror and the War on Russia Baku is where the oil is loaded, it detours through Tbilisi because the Azeris want nothing to do with the Armenians, and Ceyhan is where it'll be offloaded into waiting tankers destined for American and European ports. The country was prohibited by an act of Congress from accepting a single American submachine gun up until 2001, when three planes slammed into American buildings and construction on the BTC Pipeline was due to begin. These are the facts on the two break-away regions, which the new government in Tbilisi would like to reign in - typically for Georgians, in the most dangerous, impulsive game of brinkmanship imaginable. www.diacritica.com /sobaka/2004/lastwar.html   (3214 words)

RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Oil or Politics? Baku says openly that it would like Russian oil companies to become its clients; it needs them to ensure the BTC's estimated capacity of 50 million tons a year. Moscow did not support the idea of the pipeline but did not interfere with it either, though it had said that it would not provide oil to it. Baku cannot supply as much oil as the new, highly expensive pipe from the Caspian to the Mediterranean can pump. en.rian.ru /analysis/20050606/40477558.html   (849 words)

BP and the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline BP should stop work on the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline until it can guarantee environmental standards and human rights will be met. The Baku-Ceyhan pipeline will stretch from the Caspian Sea in the East to the Mediterranean in the West. Each year, the pipeline will transport oil whose impact on climate change will be the equivalent to the pollution from every power station in the UK. www.foe.co.uk /campaigns/corporates/case_studies/bp   (264 words)

BCSIA - Publication - From Pipe Dream to Pipeline: The Realization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline The first two pipelines to emerge covered the routes from Baku (near the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil field) to the Georgian port of Supsa and from the Kazakhstani oil field at Tengiz to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. The BTC pipeline, once derided as an economically infeasible “pipe dream,” is now a $3 billion project that is under construction and scheduled to bring 1 million barrels of oil per day from the Caspian Sea to international markets by 2005. He was one of the individuals who was most responsible for calling attention to the positive role that the pipeline could play in promoting the economic viability of the states of the Caspian basin and Caucasus, ensuring the free flow of Caspian oil and gas to world markets, and bolstering international energy security. bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu /publication.cfm?program=CORE&ctype=event_reports&item_id=114   (2064 words)

Friends of the Earth - Campaigns Manana Kochladze, founder of Georgian CEE Bankwatch member group Association Green Alternative, was awarded the prestigious Goldman Prize in recognition of her tireless campaign work on the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project. Amnesty International Corrects Misrepresentations Made by BP Concerning the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil (BTC) Pipeline (pdf) - May 2004 Amnesty International was compelled to correct misrepresentations made by BP in a May 21 letter to a UK government agency, which is investigating the company’s alleged breaches of governmentally backed standards for corporate conduct with respect to the BTC pipeline. www.foe.org /camps/intl/institutions/bakuceyhan.html   (502 words)

Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Several major new pipelines are planned, especially the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline for Caspian oilfields, the longest one in the world, which recently opened in 2005. The pipeline network in Turkey included 1,738 km for crude oil, 2,321 km for petroleum products, and 708 km for natural gas in 1999. As a result, it is a net oil and gas importer. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkey   (4671 words)

IFC BTC Oil Pipeline Project - BTC Project The BTC pipeline is a dedicated crude oil pipeline system, which will extend from the ACG field through Azerbaijan and Georgia to a terminal at Ceyhan on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The pipeline can transport up to 1 million barrels per day, and at 1760 kilometers is one of the longest of its kind in the world. The BTC pipeline will complement oil transport from two existing pipelines—the Northern Route pipeline to Novorossiyk, Russia, and the Western Route pipeline which ends in Supsa, Georgia—whose transportation capacity is limited. www.ifc.org /btc   (280 words)

BP - KnowledgeIsFun.com BP is the leading partner in the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. BP is committed to creating a network of hydrogen fuelling station in the state of California. In May 1901, William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of Persia to search for oil, which he found in May 1908. www.knowledgeisfun.com /B/BP/BP.php   (1324 words)

Friends of the Earth Scotland - Press Releases British oil giant BP has been forced to stop work on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline after breaching Georgian national law, campaigners revealed today. Last month, whistleblowers on the Turkish section of the pipeline revealed a catalogue of management failures that were allegedly causing major health and safety problems. Georgian Environment Minister Tamar Lebanidze was reported as saying that she would not have approved the route through Borjomi selected by BP in November 2002, because of the risk of catastrophic environmental damage in the event of pipeline rupture. www.foe-scotland.org.uk /press/pr20040707.html   (548 words)

BBC NEWS Business Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens The BBC's Emma Simpson said from Baku that for energy-hungry countries such as the US the pipeline was a strategically important non-Russian, non-Middle Eastern source of oil. Starting in Azerbaijan, the 1,600km (1,000 mile) pipeline will pass through Georgia to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Work on the pipeline was given fresh impetus in the late 1990s after BP made new oil discoveries in Azerbaijan and crude prices began to recover from historic lows. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4577497.stm   (500 words)

www.statoil.com - Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline A new pipeline connecting Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, with the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean coast via the Georgian capital of Tbilisi is due to become operational in the first half of 2006. This Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) system is required because capacity in existing pipelines carrying Azerbaijan’s oil to world markets via the Black Sea will be inadequate when full development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field in the Caspian is completed in 2008-9. A joint development project has also been established to construct the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) transport system, which is being laid from Baku via Tbilisi to the Turkish border. www.statoil.com /STATOILCOM/SVG00990.nsf/UNID/4765CBEAEA077387C1256F16002A5C00?OpenDocument   (178 words)

Ex-Im Bank Approves $160 Million Guarantee to Support Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Co. is owned by 11 sponsors, including three from the United States, which are major oil companies that are investing in the project. The 1,094-mile pipeline, with a capacity of one million barrels per day, will transport crude oil from the Sangachal terminal near Baku, Azerbaijan, through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, to a marine export terminal at Ceyhan, Turkey, on the Mediterranean. The pipeline will be the main export route for the significant oil volumes to be produced from the Azeri, Chirag and Gunashli offshore fields in Azerbaijan (the ACG Field), as well as other potential oil fields in the Caspian region. www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-30-2003/0002081953&EDATE=   (444 words)

BBC NEWS Europe Caspian pipeline dream becomes reality The existing pipelines to the Georgian port of Supsa and Russian terminal in Novorossiysk, both on the Black Sea seemed to be enough. This pipeline is of strategic importance not only to Azerbaijan, but to the other new independent states as well. Turkmenistan could join a gas pipeline which is likely to be built alongside BTC to the Turkish town of Erzurum. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2263611.stm   (681 words)

BP Global - The IFC And EBRD Approve Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Loans First oil from the pipeline, which is already around 40% complete, will be exported from the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in 2005. The 1760-kilometre pipeline will allow one million barrels of oil a day to be exported safely and responsibly from the Caspian without increasing tanker traffic through the Turkish Straits. The BP-operated South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) will be built alongside the BTC line and will take gas from the BP-operated Shah Deniz field to the Georgia-Turkey border. www.bp.com /genericarticle.do?categoryId=120&contentId=2015333   (450 words)

Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan Pipeline Gets First Oil Flow BAKU - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has indicated today (Wednesday) that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline project witnessed many difficulties and dangers and incurred heavy foreign pressure during its realization. Ilham Aliyev stressed that the mastermind of the BTC pipeline project was the late former president of Azerbaijan Haydar Aliyev. Participating at the BTC pipeline ceremony, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili commented that the BTC pipeline is a victory for Azerbaijan and its partners. archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=42585   (370 words)

Baku - Ceyhan Turning Point The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, one of the longest pipelines in the world at 1,774 kilometers, will contribute to the cooperation and stability of the three countries through which it passes. In sum, pumping the first oil in the BTC pipeline is a turning point in many ways and strengthens the search for multidimensional cooperation among countries of the region. A natural gas pipeline has started construction in parallel with the BTC, and its completion is planned for 2006. archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=42775   (422 words)

OSI: Important Phase of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Monitoring Project Completed BAKU, AZERBAIJAN—The Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation—Azerbaijan (OSIAF) today announced the completion of an important phase in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline monitoring conducted by local NGOs in Azerbaijan with OSIAF support. In May 2004, OSIAF initiated the project with a broad announcement in the national media in Azerbaijan, inviting NGOs with relevant experience to participate in monitoring of the BTC oil pipeline. They also included site visits to 75% of communities along the pipeline. www.soros.org /initiatives/cep/news/baku_20050524?skin=printable   (617 words)

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Monitoring Project - Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation OSI-AF and BP acknowledged that construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline (BTC) is one of the most significant economic developments in the Azerbaijan Republic. OSI-AF announces completion of important phase of the BTC Pipeline Monitoring Project The Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation (OSI-AF) today announced the completion of an important phase in the BTC pipeline monitoring conducted by local NGOs in Azerbaijan with OSI-AF support. www.osi-az.org /btcmonitoring.shtml   (242 words)

Caspian-Mediterranean Oil Pipeline Launched In Baku - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY "The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which is the most important element of the East-West transport corridor -- also known as the Silk Road of the 21st century -- makes an important contribution in enhancing the stability and economic well-being of the entire region," Sezer said. It will be coupled with a natural-gas-export pipeline linking Baku, Tbilisi, and Turkey's eastern Anatolian city of Erzurum in 2006. Addressing reporters in Baku yesterday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said both the BTC and its sister gas pipeline were of utmost importance for his country -- which until now has been heavily dependent on Russia for its energy supplies. www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/05/18a9dc83-9f19-4830-aea2-93a850b985fa.html   (709 words)

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project puts human rights on the line Human Rights on the Line: The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project is a detailed examination of the legal agreements governing the BTC project in Turkey and their compatibility with Turkish and international law. A proposed £2.9bn oil and gas pipeline connecting the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean, which is currently seeking financial support from British taxpayers, could have serious implications for the human rights of the thousands of people living in the region, says Amnesty International in a new report published today (20 May 2003). There are grave concerns that the Host Government Agreement (HGA), negotiated between pipeline consortium-leader BP and the Turkish government, creates a huge disincentive for Turkey to protect human rights because Turkey has agreed to pay compensation to the consortium if pipeline construction or operation is disturbed. www.amnesty.org.uk /deliver?document=14542   (1013 words)

Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline: The Biggest Development In the Caspian Sea Since the Collapse of USSR This week a ceremony will be held in Azerbaijan to mark the actual construction phase of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. They also reiterated that the transportation of oil to the world markets through pipelines is indispensable to avoid the dangers and threats with regard to the environment, life, and property and navigation safety due to the potential increase of the tanker traffics, particularly in the Turkish Straits. The pipelines have to be built and when they are in place, no body is going to change them. www.payvand.com /news/02/sep/1060.html   (1820 words)

Radical Noesis - Thinking outside the box: The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline Assuming that the pipelines bring the wealth that many seem to expect, it is unlikely to evenly improve the economic or living conditions of populations who live largely in abject poverty. In the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, BP was found several times (including in two court cases where BP settled out of court) to have overcharged transport fees and underpaid royalties through inaccurate accounting. In the OCENSA pipeline in Colombia, BP has repeatedly threatened to disinvest from the country so as to improve its contract terms, and it succeeded in obtaining a reduction of the state share of production from 50% to 30%. www.radnoesis.info /rnarchives/123005-the_bakutbilisi_ce.php   (1025 words)

Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Starts Pumping Caspian Oil Bypassing Russia - MONEY - MOSNEWS.COM The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline consortium is led by British Petroleum with 30.1 percent. The first cargo is expected to be loaded at Ceyhan in the fourth quarter of this year —- a few months later than expected —- as it will take BP several months to fill the 1,760-km (1,100 miles) pipeline before commercial shipments can begin. The $4 billion pipeline was masterminded over 10 years ago with the help of the United States that wanted to break Russia’s export monopoly on oil pumped in the land-locked Caspian Sea. www.mosnews.com /money/2005/05/25/btcpipe.shtml   (601 words)

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