VOL. XLIV

No 43

22-October-2001

CASPIAN

CPC Pipeline Loads First Tanker

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium(CPC) announced on 15 October that its 1,510km pipeline has begun operationswith the loading of a 35,000 ton tanker at its Black Sea terminal in YuzhnayaOzereevka near the Russian port of Novorossysk. A statement released by the CPCsaid that following the completion of the initial trial loading, CPC will continueto work with the necessary authorities and regulatory bodies to progress toregular...