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Georgia: Regional Leaders Inaugurate Oil Pipeline Amid Environmental Concerns
BP leads the international consortium... Other consortium members include Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company [State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR)]; Turkish Petroleum; Unocal [part of Chevron], ConocoPhillips, and Amerada Hess of the United States; Japan’s Itochu and Inpex; Norway’s Statoil; Italy’s Eni; and France’s Total...Civil rights groups in Georgia and abroad, however, have criticized the BTC for damaging roads and irrigation systems and for posing a threat to the environment.