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Russia bombing raid near oil pipeline: Georgian PM
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 9, 2008 Russian warplanes on Saturday staged a raid near a major international oil pipeline that runs through Georgia but did not damage it, Georgia's prime minister said. The 1,774-kilometre (1,109-mile) Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline is the world's second longest and takes oil from Azerbaijan to Western markets. Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told Georgian television: "The area of the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline was bombed by Russian planes. Miraculously the pipeline was not damaged." The BTC has a capacity of 1.2 million barrels of oil a day but is currently shut down after an explosion in a Turkish section which has been claimed by Kurdish rebels. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Analysis: Nigeria losing 650,000 bpd
Increased violence has caused Nigerian oil output to decline by 650,000 barrels per day, according to the West African country's vice president. |
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