Today, the Secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, Alexander Lomaia, claimed that "Russians bombed the BTC pipeline south of the city of Rustavi." Apparently, no-one bothered to inform BP. The company was "unaware" of any attack.
Not that it matters much. The BTC already went offline due to fighting in Turkey (unrelated to this Georgian business). Just to be safe, however, BP has decided to also shut down the South Caucasus Natural Gas Pipeline.
Safety first kids.
Still, this is no time to panic, especially for gasoline conscious commuters like Eternal Remont (gasoline conscious commuter car pictured). While the BTC remains closed, BP will now ship its oil by rail from Azerbaijan to the Russia-controlled Novorossisk pipeline.
Thanks Russia!
And for everyone keeping score at home, Turkey is loosing $300,000 a day until the BTC reopens.
4 comments:
Um, those stretch limos ain't doing so much biznez no mo':
"Oil falls despite Georgia strife:
Investors worry more about slowing global demand for crude than about disruption of supplies flowing through the embattled region." http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/12/markets/oil/index.htm
Like I would not be on this...
Just doing our part to make sure there is more than enough demand in the world. Let the Azeri's worry about the supply.
And the Russians about its transport??? Oil don't got legs, ya know.
That stretch Hummer is currently on sale for $30k at Rustavi Autobazroba. Looks like it's sagging in the middle.
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