BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN SOURCE OF ECOLOGICAL DISASTER?
AZG Armenian Daily
16/08/2006
The pipes of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline are under the threat of
corrosion that will in turn result in ecological disaster in Georgia,
Azerbaijan and Turkey, ITAR-TASS news agency quoted representatives of
“Platform” international ecology organization as saying. “Platform”
issued this warning when the British Petroleum, constructor of
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline, was forced to shut down one of its oil transit
lines in Australia due to severe corrosion. BP official Miko Mino
Paullo said that the Caucasus the company was less concerned with
ecological safety than in Alaska. Meanwhile, BP-Georgia denied
“Platform’s” statement. It said that the company always checks oil
composition and the state of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
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