VOL. XLV

No 3

21-January-2002

TURKEY

Botas To Issue Tenders For TurkishSection Of BTC Oil Pipeline

Turkeys state-owned PetroleumPipeline Corp (Botas) is to issue tenders for long-lead items for theBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude pipeline within the next few days and tendersfor engineering, procurement and construction of the project before the end ofJanuary, according to MEES sources. Secondary long-lead items are to betendered in March.

Botas has a lump-sum turnkeyagreement with the BP-led BTC...