1.   Even as the pipeline was being constructed, the company altered the route several times to avoid development.

2.   Leo Gerard, the president of the United Steelworkers of America, said the steel used to construct pipelines should not be imported.

3.   The winner of the contract to construct the pipeline, which will be awarded before September, will also operate and maintain the pipeline.

4.   Jordan is seeking to revive talks with Iraq on constructing two pipelines to carry water and oil to the kingdom, government officials said Tuesday.

5.   Rafsanjani repeated an Iranian offer to construct a pipeline to carry petroleum from Iran to refineries in India via Afghanistan and Pakistan.

6.   The consortium also will construct a pipeline to Port Sudan on the Red Sea to facilitate export.

7.   Iran and Turkey are considering constructing a pipeline across Turkish territory to export some Iranian oil from a Mediterranean port, Turkish Energy Minister Recai Kutan said Monday.

8.   A Thai government spokesman said earlier this month that the authorities would take another three months to decide whether to construct the pipeline.