11.   Iraq has signed an agreement with Syria to build a second oil pipeline between the two countries, the official Iraqi News Agency said Wednesday.

12.   That would increase five-fold when a second pipeline was laid later.

13.   The two discussed the possibility of building a second gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan and Turkey, according to the Azerbaijani Turan news agency.

14.   A second AIOC pipeline will go through Russian territory north of the Caucasus mountains, reaching the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

15.   Coast Guard officials were investigating whether a second pipeline had ruptured.

16.   This would involve building an offshore pipeline, which has already been started by the Korean group Hyundai, and a second pipeline on the ground.