Iran, Azerbaijan Call for Expansion of Defense cooperation

[chlamor]

Iran, Azerbaijan call for expansion of defense cooperation

16/05/2005 04:36

TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Visiting Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev conferred here Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani on expansion of defense and military cooperation between the two countries.

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Highlighting the two sides' deeply rooted cultural, historical and religious ties, Shamkhani said this has led to further expansion of defense and military cooperation between the two countries. "Our defense and military cooperation is not against any third country," Shamkhani said adding that no country can affect such cooperation."

On issues pertaining to the Caspian Sea, he said, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the Caspian Sea as the sea of friendship and peace and is of the opinion that restoration of durable peace and stability requires collective cooperation, mutual trust and avoidance of arms race.

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=13415

[stillcool]

1. oh my...

i just came from googling 'proposed pipelines'. i have visited a few maps before, but with so large an area, and so many proposed routes it is difficult for me to get my head around it. The only thing obvious is wherever on the map a route emerges, trouble soon finds its way, apparently without exception.

[chlamor]

3. BP started pumping oil through

the CBT (Ceyhan-Baku-Tblisi) pipeline this week a bit ahead of schedule. There is much jockeying for the various spoils along the way and this may be a reason why Iran and Azerbaijan are putting together deals?

British energy giant BP starts filling BTC pipeline

10/05/2005 20:28

LONDON, May 10 (AFP) - British energy giant BP said Tuesday it began filling up the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline ahead of the project's completion later this year.

"It will take over six months to fill the whole pipeline," a BP spokesman said.

The BTC pipeline is planned to transport oil from Caspian Sea production sources in Azerbaijan through Georgia to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey -- bypassing Russia -- for subsequent export to western markets.

Up to 10 million barrels of crude oil is needed to fill the 1,770-kilometre (1,094-mile) pipeline which runs from the Sangachal terminal, near Baku.

The oil comes from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field in part of the Caspian Sea belonging to Azerbaijan.

The first tanker is scheduled to be loaded up with crude at Ceyhan during the first quarter of 2005, BP added.

The pipeline cost around 3.0 billion dollars (2.33 billion euros) to build and when operational it will pump up to one million barrels of oil a day.

The BTC pipeline was built with financial support from the United States, while BP holds a 30-percent stake in the consortium running it.

Other consortium members include Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR, Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips, Eni, Inpex, Itochu, Statoil, TPAO and Unocal.

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=13371

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[Decay]

2. Watch for a revolution in Azerbaijan.

Within a month or so.

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4. have you seen this?

Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2

[Decay]

5. Geez!

I had to go through that twice to make sure it was real.

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6. something isn't it?...

another one that helps picture things...
http://www.uwec.edu/grossmzc/caspianpipes.html