1. Deadly Risk on the Straits
... Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk in Russia and Supsa in Georgia (the Supsa pipeline is currently under repairs and may be open in October). Experts in Turkey say the risks of increased traffic by ever larger tankers is unacceptable as some ten million people now inhabit ... disuse as it was built to handle Iraqi oil. The Turkish government hopes a final decision will be made on financing the $2.5 to $3 billion construction of the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline by October. The US supports construction of Baku-Ceyhan and opposes a third variant which would transit Iran to the Persian ... Istanbul."...
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