Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 25 October 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 November 2001. It was answered by Brian Wilson (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 November 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the British companies which are involved in oil and gas pipelines between the Caspian and Europe. - (Holding answer 1 November 2001).

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the British companies which are involved in oil and gas pipelines between the Caspian and Europe. [11480] Mr. Wilson: [holding answer 1 November 2001]: The information is as follows: Operational Pipelines BAKU (Azerbaijan)--SUPSA (Georgia/Black Sea): BP plc has a 34.14 per cent. holding in the consortium, and is the operator of the pipeline. No other British oil companies are involved. Tengiz (Kazakhstan)--Novorossiysk (Russia): BP, Shell and BG Group all have small equity holdings of between 2 and 6.25 per cent. Planned Pipelines Baku (Azerbaijan)--Tbilisi (Georgia)--Ceyhan (Turkey): BP plc currently has a 25.72 per cent. holding in, and is the operator for, two consortia planning parallel oil and gas pipelines. The final ownership structures have not yet been decided. No other British oil companies are currently involved.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 11480; 374 c169W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Companies Fossil fuels Europe Oil Natural gas Pipelines Caspian Sea
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