31.   Major oil fields are far from population centers but close to Gulf ports, so pipelines are short.

32.   Make plain to oil companies that the Caspian pipeline is safest through Turkey.

33.   McDanold said the national grid would be a longer-term project, while the West Australia pipeline would be the immediate focus for the company.

34.   Moreover, the acquisition pipeline is large.

35.   New pipelines may be necessary in the future, he said.

36.   Officials in Azerbaijan contend that the pipeline is feasible without Kazakh oil.

37.   Of the two, pipelines are far more vulnerable to an attack than power plants, which typically have around the clock security, industry experts say.

38.   Oil market analysts said they doubted the pipeline was in imminent danger of failing.

39.   Pena stressed that pipelines are an extremely safe way to transport oil and gas.

40.   Pipelines are the clearest realm of progress.