1.   A Koch pipeline crosses the property.

2.   Human rights and environmental groups had joined forces with residents here and in neighboring Chad, the two countries the pipeline would cross.

3.   Iran would receive some revenue from transit fees for allowing the pipeline to cross its territory.

4.   The pipeline would cross a buried aqueduct that carries water to the city and many suburbs.

5.   Turkish officials point out that the Russian pipeline crosses the violence-torn, self-proclaimed republic of Chechnya.

6.   Moscow has lobbied hard for the pipeline to cross its territory.

7.   The pipeline would cross Romania, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy and would mean a lot of money in taxes for each country on the route.

8.   The overland pipeline would cross Jordan and Syria before reaching Turkey.

9.   Under the agreements, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, whose territory the pipeline would cross, give official consent to the project.

10.   Three oil pipelines cross Chechnya.