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Russian Military Actions Raise Energy Concerns

Russian incursions into the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of


Georgia are heightening energy transportation concerns for the
region. The only two major oil pipelines that link the Caspian Sea
to the Black and Mediterranean Seas without crossing Russian soil
pass through the embattled nation.
Oil pipelines Natural gas pipelines
South
KAZAK.
Black Sea Ossetia RUSSIA
Abkhazia
Caspian Sea
GEORGIA
Baku-Supsa Pipeline Supsa Tbilisi
Capable of pumping
145 thousand
barrels-a-day
Baku
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
Erzurum
Baku-Tbilisi- AZER.
Baku-Tbilisi- Erzurum Pipeline
Ceyhan Pipeline Pumps natural gas
Capable of pumping to Turkey.
1 million barrels-a-day. IRAN
TURKEY
Ceyhan
Mediterranean Sea SYRIA IRAQ 100 miles
Source: CIA

Russian Military Actions Raise Energy Concerns


Russian incursions into the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of
Georgia are heightening energy transportation concerns for the
region. The only two major oil pipelines that link the Caspian Sea
to the Black and Mediterranean Seas without crossing Russian soil
pass through the embattled nation.
Oil pipelines Natural gas pipelines
South
KAZAK.
Black Sea Ossetia RUSSIA
Abkhazia
Caspian Sea
GEORGIA
Baku-Supsa Pipeline Supsa Tbilisi
Capable of pumping
145 thousand
barrels-a-day
Baku
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
Erzurum
Baku-Tbilisi- AZER.
Baku-Tbilisi- Erzurum Pipeline
Ceyhan Pipeline Pumps natural gas
Capable of pumping to Turkey.
1 million barrels-a-day. IRAN
TURKEY
Ceyhan
Mediterranean Sea SYRIA IRAQ 100 miles
Source: CIA

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