VOL. XLII

No 44

1-November-1999

FSU

Kazakstan Would Use Baku-Ceyhan, Says Prime Minister

Kazakstans new Prime Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev said on22 October that his country would make use of the proposed Baku-Ceyhan pipelinewhen and if it is built. After a meeting in the Kazak capital Astana withAzerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Mr. Tokayev said Kazakstan couldmove some 10mn tons/year (200,000 b/d) via Baku-Ceyhan, compared to the 1.5mnt/y (30,000 b/d) that it ships through Azerbaijan...