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Название: Транспортировка каспийских энергоресурсов на англ. языке Главные Пункты: * Президент Туркменистана на встрече с немецкими бизнесменами предложил им принять участие в реализации планируемого газопровода Туркменистан - Афганистан - Пакистан. * Компания ВР считает, что по условиям соглашения между Грузией и нефтяным консорциумом танкеры могут заполняться нефтью бесплатно в порту Супса. Глава порта Г.Керкадзе высказал Правительству Грузии свое несогласие по вопросу освобождения консорциума от налоговых сборов в порту. * Министр энергетики Казахстана В.Школьник заявил, что в 2005 г., после начала добычи нефти на недавно открытых месторождениях Кашагана Казахстану потребуются новые трубопроводы для транспортировки топлива в Европу, Индию и Китай. (16.07.2002) Полный Текст Транспортировка каспийских энергоресурсов на англ. языке Транспортировка каспийских энергоресурсов на англ. языке *** TURKMENISTAN, GERMANY DISCUSS COOPERATION IN OIL, GAS EXPORT. Turkmenistan's President Niyazov met in Ashgabat on 8 July with Dr. Axel Gerlach, Administrative State Secretary at the German Ministry of Economics and Technology, who is visiting Turkmenistan at the head of a large delegation of German businessmen, Interfax and turkmenistan.ru reported. Niyazov suggested that German companies could profitably participate in developing Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon resources and in export projects, including the planned Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas-export pipeline. LF RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 6, No. 126, Part I, 9 July 2002 *** Uncertain Future of Supsa port Another scandal has been unleashed unexpectedly on Georgia; tankers at Supsa port are being loaded with oil free of charge. Port authorities have appealed to the Georgian government for assistance. A clash of interests may occur between Georgia and the Baku-Supsa pipeline consortium, if of course, Georgia's government dares. Since the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline began its operations, Supsa port has been serving an annual average of 40-50 tankers. However, it has yet to receive any payment. As a result Georgia's budget faces $2.5 million in losses annually, for a total of $6.5 million in lost revenues, according to media sources. Georgia's government, lavish with promise in transit projects, has paid no attention to the financial losses at Supsa, despite its scant budget. The Supsa issue was divulged on June 16 when a Greek tanker was detained at the port for an outstanding account. The British Petroleum (BP) Company immediately interfered and as a result the tanker was released without making any payments. Referring to the Host Country Agreement signed between Georgia and the consortium, BP authorities stated that tankers are exempt form taxes. According to George Kerkadze, Head of Supsa Port, the privileges in the agreement are foreseen only for the pipelines and not for tankers. Along with port fees, Supsa port authorities also demand that they should be granted the right to check tankers in accordance with international conventions. The port's service tariff is $40-50,000, which is not a high percentage for a tanker transporting about $80 million of oil from Supsa. However, tankers consistently refuse to pay taxes. According to the Georgian media, the losses incurred by unpaid fees have a significant impact on the Georgian budget, as that of the port itself. The Baku-Supsa oil pipeline project is slated to operate for 27 years. Consequently Georgia should either eat its big losses or correct the rules of game. Unfortunately, someone forgot to include an article covering service terms for tankers in the agreement. A special governmental commission will be formed to study this issue. The commission will involve the ministers of finance, whether tankers are to be taxed or not. The experts concur that the tankers should pay the tariffs, whilst the BP representatives take the opposite view. They claim that if the tankers are forced to pay, the consortium will appeal to international arbitrage. Meanwhile the argument on tariffs is brewing into a political scandal. Demur Giorgadze, chairman of the parliamentary Branch Economy Committee, attributes the Supsa problem to poor management in Georgia's government. Some politicians draw political conclusions, stating that Shevadnadze's "transit policy" is not economically advantageous. "I have the impression that Georgia is a territory covered with pipelines, as if to mock the countries having ports", said Irakli Iashvili, an MP. INFO CENN Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) *** KAZAKHSTAN PLANNING NEW PIPELINE ROUTES (Reuters July 2) Last week's announcement confirming the largest find in the Caspian Sea in the past 30 years has officials in Kazakhstan contemplating new pipeline routes to transport the crude into Europe, China and India. The discovery of between 7 billion and 9 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil in the giant Kashagan offshore field will require major new infrastructure as Kazakhstan works to become one of the world's largest energy exporters by the end of this decade, Kazakh officials said. A recently completed pipeline running to Russia's Black Sea is sufficient for Kazakhstan's existing oil export needs, but the country will need additional routes after the newly discovered oilfield begins production by the end of 2005, said Kazakhstan Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik. "If our forecasts come true, after that time we will definitely need additional export routes and we are studying a number of routes," Shkolnik said. "We look with great interest and China and India; those are the very fast-developing economies in our vicinity," he said. With the Kashagan oilfield discovery, Kazakhstan plans to triple its oil output in 15 years from its current level of 900,000 barrels per day. An international consortium led by Agip that include ExxonMobil, and Phillips Petroleum has committed to invest $7 billion in the oilfield in the next few years, including $800 million this year. Other members of the consortium include TotalFinaElf, Shell and Inpex. MDBNews CIS Week 27 |