VOL. XLIII

No. 48

27-November-2000

CASPIAN

CPC Says Pipe Laying Completed

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has welded the final joint connecting its pipeline system from Tengiz to Novorossysk on Russias Black Sea coast and marked the development with a ceremony on 22 November at the marine terminal construction site at Novorossysk. The 1,580km crude pipeline is scheduled to deliver its first shipment on 30 June 2001 and the initial construction phase of the line will be fully completed in...