VOL. XLI

No. 44

2-November-1998

FSU

AIOC Delays MEP Route Decision; Turkey And US Labor For Baku-Ceyhan

The end of October has come and gone without the AzerbaijanInternational Operating Company (AIOC) making its long-awaited recommendation for a MainExport Pipeline (MEP) to the Azerbaijani Government. The decision is now expected to bemade by mid-November, and according to Ilkham Aliyev, the Vice President of Socar,Azerbaijans state oil company, AIOCs decision could take until the end of the...