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BP reopens Georgia gas pipeline

By Isabel Gorst in Moscow

Published: August 14 2008 11:36 | Last updated: August 14 2008 23:06

BP resumed exports of Azerbaijani natural gas exports through a pipeline across Georgia to Turkey on Thursday. However its oil pipeline to the Georgian Black Sea port of Supsa remained out of action because of fears of fallout from Georgia’s conflict with Russia.

Both pipelines were closed by the British energy group on Tuesday amid concerns about security emanating from the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia.

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