41.   Lt. Col. Adel al-Ibrahim, the ministry spokesman, told The Associated Press the vessel entered Kuwaiti waters Sunday evening and was carrying Iraqi oil.

42.   Moscow has agreed to pay for the restoration of the pipeline, which is intended to carry oil from Azerbaijan to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk.

43.   Nuclear waste bound for storage in Russia, and tankers carrying Caspian Sea oil in the opposite direction, will be particularly dangerous for the Bosporus, environmentalists say.

44.   One of the pipelines to carry early oil is being built in western Georgia, the same region where the mutiny took place.

45.   President Suleyman Demirel flew to Azerbaijan on Thursday to discuss a proposed pipeline to carry Caspian Sea oil through Turkey.

46.   President Suleyman Demirel will travel to Azerbaijan on Thursday to discuss a proposed pipeline through Turkey to carry Caspian Sea oil.

47.   Russia and Turkey want the pipeline carrying Azerbaijani oil to the West routed through their territory.

48.   Small tankers carrying gas oil have become increasingly vulnerable in recent years since the cargo is easy to sell to villagers who use motorized fishing boats, Choong said.

49.   Taylor said U.S. companies are eager to invest in a pipeline to carry oil from Baku, Azerbaijan, through Georgia to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.

50.   The administration has taken a keen interest in the placement of the pipelines that are planned or under construction for carrying Caspian oil to European markets.