VOL. XLII

No 43

25-October-1999

FSU

BP Amoco To Take Leadership Role For Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline

BP Amoco, the main shareholder and operator of theAzerbaijan International Operating Company, announced on 19 October that itwould support the construction of the proposed Baku-Ceyhan crude oil exportpipeline and take a leadership role in seeing that the project gets underway.

A statement carried by Reuters quoted a BP Amocospokesman as saying on 19 October: "We have come to the conclusion thatthe...