51. So far, plans to build a pipeline are mired in political and economic problems. 52. The Asian nations would also need to build new pipelines. 53. The companies had been reluctant to shoulder the huge investments to develop the field and build a pipeline without a guaranteed market for the gas. 54. The city has tried to exploit alternative water sources, building vast pipelines to bring in water from faraway rivers. 55. The company would build a pipeline into Mobile Bay. 56. The company is studying the feasibility of building a pipeline from its fields to the Barents Sea where oil could be loaded into tankers for world markets. 57. The company plans to begin accepting bids for contracts to build the pipeline in August. 58. The flow is needed to provide revenue to pay off the money that would be needed to build the pipeline. 59. The Iranian oil-swap accord could move that production to market sooner than the Caspian pipeline can be built. 60. The French company Total will build the pipeline, and the Thai and Burma government energy companies also have stakes. |