1.   The two countries were later reported to have agreed to build a pipeline to deliver gas from Turkmenistan to Europe, via Turkey.

2.   Also, Iran is technically more than capable of building the pipeline.

3.   Although El Paso is seeking a partner, the company is confident the pipeline will be built.

4.   An oil company executive involved in making the pipeline decision said that by building a pipeline to Georgia, the companies would be responding to U.S. concerns.

5.   And that is only when the pipeline is built.

6.   Another small pipeline is being built to Georgia.

7.   Azerbaijan wants to develop its oil reserves, but foreign companies are reluctant to invest or build vulnerable pipelines in an unstable region.

8.   Because the Caspian region is landlocked, however, pipelines must be built to carry its oil to world markets.

9.   Before pipelines were built to carry natural gas from states like Texas and Louisiana to the north, gas for cooking and lighting was generated by heating coal.

10.   Bolivia also wants to build a pipeline from its gas fields to northern Chile, where mining companies need a cheap source of energy.