VOL. XLII

No 44

1-November-1999

FSU

Transneft Begins Construction Of Chechen Bypass Pipeline

Mr. Semyon Vainshtok, President of Russia痴 state pipelinemonopoly Transneft, said on 25 October that construction of a crude oilpipeline that would bypass the troubled republic of Chechenya by way ofneighboring Dagestan would begin on 28 October. Plans call for the pipeline tobe operational within six months and for it to have an initial capacity of 5mntons/year (100,000 b/d). Capacity may later be...