VOL. XLV

No 51/52

23/30-December-2002

CASPIAN

East European States Agree To Link Druzhba And Adria Pipelines

Six Eastern European states signed an intergovernmental agreement in Zagreb on 16 December providing for the linking of Russias Druzhba crude pipeline with the Adria pipeline. When the link is complete by the end of 2003, the Druzhba-Adria system will stretch 3,000km from Russias Samara region to the Croatian port of Omisalj on the Adriatic Sea, thus providing Russian and Kazak crudes with...