VOL. XLV
No 19
13-May-2002
CASPIAN
AIOC Suspends Baku-Supsa Shipments Due To Illegal Valve In Pipeline
TheAzerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) was forced to temporarilysuspend shipments of crude through the Baku-Supsapipeline when it detected a leak in the pipeline on 5 May near the village of Zestaphoni in western Georgia. Consortium leader BP informed MEES that an emergency crew dispatched to the scene discovered thatan illegal valve had been welded into the pipeline. We removed...
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