71.   Unocal was unable to build its pipeline because foreign banks and governments concluded they could not do business with the Taliban.

72.   Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American he appointed as U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, once advised Unocal on ways to build its pipeline there.

73.   Other pipelines are being built to the nearby port city of Tianjin, as well as to Xian and Yinchuan in northern China, the China Daily said.

74.   Papoulias and Kozyrev, who visited the Bulgarian capital Sofia before arriving here, said the next step is setting up a company to build the pipeline.

75.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suggested Thursday that a proposed Thai-Malaysian gas pipeline be built through Malaysia to overcome Thai concerns about environmental damage.

76.   PEDCO is considering working with other firms, particularly British Petroleum, to build a pipeline to take gas to shore for processing, the official said.

77.   Rashid gave no time frame for building the pipeline.

78.   A Dutch subsidiary of Conoco reached agreement with Iran to develop an offshore field in the Persian Gulf and also build a pipeline.

79.   A top Russian government minister called Friday for building a pipeline around the breakaway republic of Chechnya to carry Caspian Sea crude oil to world markets.

80.   After the meeting, Papoulias and Kozyrev said the next step would be to set up a company to build the pipeline.