1. Examples include digital pipelines from the cable companies that will include video, phone service, computer access and more. 2. The partnership does not include pipelines, and each company will continue to market its own production. 3. The proposed measure applies to dams, refineries and other facilities, including pipelines. 4. Energy companies say the sanctions keep U.S. companies from helping Iran develop new energy facilities including pipelines, refineries and drilling rigs. 5. Options include pipelines to Turkish Mediterranean ports that would alternately cut through Armenia or Georgia, both still mired either in warfare or recovering from turmoil. 6. Other options for Kazakstan include pipelines to China, across the Caspian through Azerbaijan to Turkey, and through Afghanistan to Pakistan. 7. The five-member NTSB is in charge of investigating accidents involving interstate transportation, including pipelines. 8. The resolution also calls on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to explore alternative export routes for Iraq including a pipeline to Syria. 9. U.S. energy companies also say the sanctions prevent American firms from helping Iran develop new energy facilities, including pipelines, refineries and drilling rigs. 10. Earlier during the conference, opposition groups warned that Rangoon was using slave labor for crucial projects including a pipeline being built to supply gas to Thailand. |