VOL. XLI

No. 10

9-March-1998

FSU

AIOC 'Early Oil' Exports Head For Novorossysk

The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) announced on 28 February that thefirst oil produced from its Chirag-1 platform on 7 November had crossed theRussian-Azerbaijan border. The first consignment of 80,000 tons of AIOC-produced crude isscheduled to be shipped from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossysk on 20 March. Theoil had been held up at the Azerbaijani town of Shirvanovka by Russian customs...