Pipeline

Here’s an interesting article, "U.S. places large bet on pipeline",
by Candace Rondeaux, that was picked up by The Energy Bulletin. It explains why we’re expanding our military presence in Azerbaijan.

NEW YORK - American-backed plans to build a nearly 1,100-mile-long oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean are about to go from what skeptics once called a "pipe dream" to a reality. One of the longest oil routes in the world, it's expected to pump 1 million barrels of oil a day by 2010.