Georgian Conflict Obliges Export Route Reality Check
2/9/2008Kent Moors sul rischio, in ascesa, nel settore idrocarburi in Georgia in seguito alla guerra russo-georgiana:
The wider implications are only beginning to appear. As one commentator put it on August 12, “The biggest casualty of the showdown has been the West’s naive belief that Georgia provides a secure alternative energy corridor that avoids either Russia or charter ‘axis of evil’ member Iran.” Over the last decade, Western companies have pumped $5 billion into developing the Batumi, Poti and Kulevi Black Sea ports, along with the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline and the BTE. However, the real crown jewel of Western investment success has been the 1,760-kilometer, 1 million barrel a day BTC pipeline. All are now clear targets in a new security environment.
