31.   But the groups have turned on each other, fighting for supremacy in the region and for control of levies paid by Turkish trucks transporting Iraqi oil to Turkey.

32.   Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov accepted a Russian compromise Wednesday for transporting Caspian Sea oil across his republic, snapping a deadlock that threatened to delay the project.

33.   He also said it may be connected to lucrative contracts for transporting oil across Georgia.

34.   He called on Washington to help Ukraine in a project to transport Caspian Sea oil to the West.

35.   In his comments last week, Kauzlarich said multiple routes would provide greater security for transporting oil through the volatile Caucasus region.

36.   In any case, Russia will fulfill its agreements with Azerbaijan on transporting the oil, he pledged.

37.   In one incident, saboteurs sawed open part of the Transandean Pipeline, which transports oil from Ecuador to Orito, Colombia, and to the Pacific coast.

38.   Iran has proposed an alternative route for transporting Caspian Sea oil that would be cheaper than the Turkish route.

39.   Iran said Tuesday it was interested in using an Adriatic oil pipeline to transport Iranian oil to Central and Eastern Europe, Tehran radio reported.

40.   It is one of two routes that a consortium of Western-led oil companies has decided to use in transporting oil from the Caspian.