21.   The Russian route would require transporting the oil via tanker through the already busy Bosporus Strait to reach world markets.

22.   The U.N. has proposed transporting the oil to Turkey, through a portion of Iraq populated by Kurdish rebels.

23.   The tanker was stopped because of suspicions the ship was transporting Iraqi oil.

24.   To be sure, new pipelines already are being built to transport Caspian oil from the new Azerbaijan fields through Georgia, Turkey and Russia.

25.   A foreign ministry statement said Cem will seek more help from the United States in the competition to transport Caspian Sea oil.

26.   After months of wrangling, Russia and Chechnya signed a key economic agreement Friday on transporting oil across war-torn Chechnya, a news agency reported.

27.   At a briefing in Tbilisi, the capital, he was asked which oil pipeline Kazakstan would choose to transport its oil.

28.   Azerbaijan is closer to approving a pipeline through Turkey to transport its oil, Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said Wednesday.

29.   Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliev is expected to decide later this month on the main export route for transporting Caspian Sea oil, a news agency said Monday.

30.   Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliev is expected to decide later this month on the main export route for transporting Caspian Sea oil, the president of neighboring Georgia said Monday.