Except the BTC is shut dowm, after being bombed two weeks before the invasion and - as I'm sure you know - BP have shut down the Supsa pipeline.
So, I think Mr. Putin's petro-objectives in this war have been met.
But I'll tell you what, you just go ahead and keep selling Putin's Petro-Imperialism as "anti-imperialism" - or whatever.
It certainly seems to be working with this crowd.
I think your problem with me is that I actually remember what you used to write before Putin became your Russian Messiah.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> I know you're trying to pretend you're insightful or clever or something,
> instead of just an uneducated twit, so I'll just leave it at this:
>
> BP unaware of pipeline bombing in Georgia
>
> Sat Aug 9, 5:20 PM ET
>
> LONDON (AFP) - British oil giant BP said on Saturday it was unaware of
> Russian bombing near a major international oil pipeline in Georgia that it
> operates.
>
> A BP spokesman told AFP: "We've seen reports attributed to a Georgian
> minister saying that the Russians have bombed the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
> pipeline.
>
> "We are not aware of that and I think we probably would be if it were
> true."
>
> Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze claimed earlier that the
> Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline had been bombed by Russian planes during
> escalating violence over South Ossetia, without causing any damage.
>
> BP operates the key 1,774-kilometre (1,109-mile) pipeline -- the world's
> second largest -- that carries oil from Azerbaijan to Western markets via
> the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.
>
> It is capable of transporting 1.2 million barrels a day.
>
> The BP spokesman said the pipeline had been out of action since Wednesday,
> but explained that was because of a fire caused by an explosion in eastern
> Turkey for which Kurdish separatists claimed responsibility.
>
> "At the moment the pipeline is not running at any capacity, because there
> was a fire this week," the spokesman said.
>
> Azerbaijan, which borders Georgia, announced Saturday it had halted oil
> exports via the Georgian ports of Batumi and Kulevi due to the fighting
> between Georgia and Russia.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 8/12/08, boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [lbo-talk] Putin's Pipeline
> > To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 1:36 AM
> > I was just curious to see if Tovarish Doss had completely
> > sold out to the
> > Kremlin and everybody was having warm, fuzzy Soviet
> > feelings.
> >
> > Seems so.
> >
> > Putin puts up nicely with more barbaric neighbors than
> > Saakashvilli. The
> > real aim of Russia's war effort is reportedly about 100
> > miles from the
> > Russian lines (probably less now) - the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
> > Pipeline.
> >
> > Putin's Kremlin will steal or destroy this pipeline as
> > surely as they will
> > steal the BP half of BP-TNK.
> >
> > Russia is courting absolute disaster with this nonsense.
> >
> > The answer to dealing with authoritarian regimes in the
> > Eurasian republics
> > is *not* the establishment of the Putin Union.
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