- AZERBAIJAN - The BTC Pipeline.
A 1,760-km, $2.95 bn pipeline to carry the bulk of AIOC's plateau production to the Turkish Mediterranean terminal of Ceyhan, to pass across Georgia's capital Tbilisi, is to be on stream in April 2005 with a capacity of 1m b/d. The 442-km Azeri section involves a 42-inch pipe. The 248-km ......
- Pipeline dreams: the World Bank, oil development and
environmental protection in Georgia.
TBILISI, GEORGIA -- "This is not just another pipeline; it is a strategic framework that advances America's national security interests. It is a strategic vision for the future of the Caspian region." So said Bill Richardson, energy secretary during the Clinton administration, about oil and gas pipeline construction from the ......
- Turkey optimistic about pipeline
projects.
Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said the projects of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum (BTE) would be finished on time without any delay. He said the government attributed great importance to BTC oil pipeline and BTE natural gas pipeline projects and that both met the needs of Turkey ......
- GOVT. ON TARGET FOR LARGE LOANS.
The Government is close to securing loans totalling US$325 million from multilateral agencies to help underwrite debts incurred by its Financial Sector Adjustment Co. (FINSAC) when it rescued banks and insurance companies in the late 1990s, reports CANA (June 21, 2000): Finance Minister Omar Davies said that the loans were ......
- AZERBAIJAN - Competition With
Gazprom.
Azerbaijan, through Statoil, is competing with Russia's monopoly Gazprom for a share of the European gas market. Statoil and BP, Total, Agip and LUKoil, all partners in the Shah Deniz field, plan to ship gas to Turkey, Greece and other European states. President Ilham Aliyev was in March 2004 quoted ......
- AZERBAIJAN - The Azeri Political
Prospects.
Azerbaijan is ruled by an authoritarian regime under young Ilham Aliyev, who was elected president on Oct. 15, 2003, while his father was terminally ill. His father, Heidar Aliyev, died in late 2003, after dominating Azeri politics for three decades. The prospects for this country will depend on whether or ......
- Cable's Hole Card: Internal Returns
Even if the merger of EchoStar Communications Inc. and DirecTV Inc. is dead, those direct-broadcast satellite giants are still continuing to steal market share from cable operators. But the cable guys are starting to argue the bright side of their financial model, in comparison to satellite. DBS has gained a ......