Georgia nabs Baku-Supsa pipeline robbers
TBILISI – Georgian law enforcers have seized a group of people involved in siphoning oil from the Baku-Supsa pipeline stretching from the Azerbaijani capital to the Black Sea coast of Georgia.
Interior Ministry official Soso Topuridze told a news briefing Friday that the five Georgian citizens were regularly stealing crude from the conduit for the purpose of its further sale. Stolen fuel was also impounded from the outlaws.
The Baku-Supsa pipeline transports Azeri Light oil produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) offshore fields in Azerbaijan.
ACG participating interests are: BP (operator – 34.1%), Chevron (10.2%), SOCAR (10%), INPEX (10%), Statoil (8.6%), ExxonMobil (8%), TPAO (6.8%), Devon (5.6%), ITOCHU (3.9%), and Hess (2.7%).
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