VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 27

3-APRIL-1995

Oil Prices

OPEC

US Official Outlines Washington's View On Caspian Export Pipelines

Caspian crude oil exporters should have access to a variety of viablealternative pipeline routes in the short run, according to a US official,while in the medium-to-long term, "the resource base in the region shouldsupport multiple pipelines." According to Mr. Glen Rase, Director ofInternational Energy Policy at the US State Department, the absence ofalternatives in the short run...