71.   Public protests in Ecuador had earlier led to some changes to the pipeline project.

72.   Putin insisted Saturday that the pipeline project was not an attempt to sideline or punish Ukraine, but a response to increasing demand for Russian gas.

73.   Relations have since improved, particularly with the launching of a multibillion dollar pipeline project to carry Russian natural gas to Turkey and southeastern Europe.

74.   Sabungan said the pipes would be used in irrigation systems in Australia, a high-pressure gas pipelines project in India and scaffolding in Singapore.

75.   Speaking before a national committee set up to review the controversial pipeline project, Pipob also raised questions about the price of the gas.

76.   Thai Cabinet approves gas pipeline project from Burma.

77.   Thailand will begin receiving gas from Myanmar Thursday as the Yadana pipeline project becomes operational, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand said.

78.   Thailand already has agreed to buy natural gas from Burma in a pipeline project that has been criticized by Thai environmentalists who say it passes through forest reserves.

79.   The coordinating executive of the Indonesia Gas Transmission Project at PGN, Adil Abas, said the funding was allocated for three gas pipeline projects in the three islands.

80.   The first one concerns the ongoing tree-felling to clear the way for the Yadana gas pipeline project through the forest in Kanchanaburi.