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Experts From Bulgaria, Greece and Russia Agree on Controversial Oil Pipe Project
bgnewsnet.com ^ | 21:02 - 05.11.2004 | bnn

Posted on 11/05/2004 8:21:30 PM PST by Destro

21:02 - 05.11.2004

Experts From Bulgaria, Greece and Russia Agree on Controversial Oil Pipe Project

SOFIA (bnn)- Experts from Bulgaria, Greece and Russia have ironed out differences on a joint project to pipe Russian oil from the Black Sea to the Aegean bypassing the Bosporus strait in Turkey, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Regional Development said Friday.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bulgaria; druzhbapipeline; greece; oilpipeline

1 posted on 11/05/2004 8:21:31 PM PST by Destro
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To: Destro

Huh. Interesting. Turkey can't be happy.


2 posted on 11/05/2004 9:21:13 PM PST by HarryCaul
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To: Destro

Romania should modernize its refineries and prepare to ship finished product west.


3 posted on 11/05/2004 9:21:15 PM PST by marron
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To: HarryCaul

Nor America which wants the Turkish route.


4 posted on 11/05/2004 9:22:23 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: marron

Romania does that already. West as in Europe that is.


5 posted on 11/05/2004 9:23:13 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro

This "ironing out" of differencies is going for at least 12 years now... or rather the talk of ironing out.


6 posted on 11/08/2004 4:29:50 AM PST by Neophyte (Nazists, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
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To: Destro
Controversial Oil Pipe Project

Controversial? Why?

7 posted on 11/10/2004 7:39:27 PM PST by A. Pole (Milosevic: "When they start beheading your people then you will know what this is all about !")
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To: A. Pole

Because America wants the other route that gives Turkey a section - so she can control it via Turkey (pre Iraq thinking that Turkey is America's bitch?).


8 posted on 11/10/2004 8:00:48 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Destro

Also because Greece actually has oil refineries rather than sending it to the USA for processing.


9 posted on 11/10/2004 8:03:23 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: A. Pole

Envirowackos also complained.


10 posted on 11/10/2004 8:19:18 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: longtermmemmory
My in-laws live downwind from the ESSO refinery in Thessaloniki. I get respiratory problems when I visit.
11 posted on 11/12/2004 7:33:28 AM PST by nomoreheroes
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