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Article

25 May 2005

Author:
Daniel Howden & Philip Thornton, Independent [UK]

The pipeline that will change the world

[The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline]...finally opens today...The project, known as BTC, has driven a wedge between the US and Russia, triggered political unrest in the countries it passes through and their neighbours and sparked concern at extensive damage to the environment. [refers to BP]