VOL. XLI

No. 47

23-November-1998

FSU

Turkey Chastises BP And Amoco For Lack Of Baku-Ceyhan Enthusiasm

Turkeys Ministry of Energy has instructed state oil refinerTupras to avoid purchasing crude from BP and Amoco for their reluctance to back theproposed Baku-Ceyhan oil export pipeline. BP and Amoco each hold around 17% in theAzerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) which is due at some point to recommendto the Azerbaijani Government the route for the Main Export Pipeline (MEP) for crude...