VOL. XLII

No 41

11-October-1999

FSU

Caspian Export Pipeline Debate Heats Up At Kazak Conference

The controversy over crude oil export pipelines from theCaspian region came to the fore last week during the 7th KazakstanInternational Oil and Gas Conference in Almaty when the vice president forEastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia of Italys ENI, Mr. Domenico Spada,told the gathering on 7 October that ENI favored exporting Caspian crude bypipeline through Iran. "We (ENI) have to declare clearly...