Baku Ceyhan pipeline under scrutiny

The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline has come under renewed scrutiny just over one year after receiving an IFC loan in November 2003, worth $300 million. UK Parliamentarians from the trade and industry committee cross-examined officials of the British export credit agency on issues of environmental and technical safety of the BTC pipeline. Throughout 2004 a number of press reports have exposed concerns raised by whistleblowers of major technical failings and cutting corners on costs. Campaigners had warned the IFC before its decision that the project violated its own mandatory standards on 173 counts.

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