Georgia/Caucasus: "After The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Looking Ahead"

by Svante E. Cornell and Mamuka Tsereteli
in: CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
Wednesday / June 15, 2005

"The building an inauguration of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline constitutes a strategic milestone in post-Soviet Eurasia, and is in this sense a reason to celebrate. The pipeline will have major implications for the South Caucasus, especially as regards its role in European and World Politics. But BTC’s coming online is no reason for complacency. Quite to the contrary, it heralds a new stage in Caspian energy development. Specifically, it brings to the agenda the issue of disputed oil fields in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian, and even more importantly, the future export routes of Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan field."

Read the article by Svante E. Cornell and Mamuka Tsereteli in: CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST

Siehe auch: "Die längste Pipeline der Welt"
Siehe auch: "Die längste Schlange der Welt"