SOME COMMON CONCERNS: Imagining BP’s Azerbaijan-Georgia-

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CONTENTS

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1: The leaflet from the Caspian Sea. 3

2: The pipeline in the imagination 9

PART II: PRE-CONSTRUCTION

3: Four governments unite . 18

4: Two companies merge 34

TIMELINE FOR A PIPELINE

PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS: MAI BY THE BACK DOOR?41

5: Faces and names . 43

6: The carbon web . 51

7: The tale of three pipelines . 59

8: Neutron John62

OIL FUNDS: SHARING THE WEALTH . 77

PART III: CONSTRUCTION

9: How 12 metres became 200 metres. 81

10: Building big, building fast . 90

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS AND OIL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASPIAN REGION 103

PART IV: OPERATION

11: Line of fire . 107

12: The sound of silence. 123

13: The lethal machine 137

WILL OIL BRING PROSPERITY? “DUTCH DISEASE” AND EXTRACTIVE ECONOMIES’ . 151

PART V: POST-OPERATION

14: The century ahead 155

PART VI: CONCLUSION

15: Imagining the AGT pipelines system 165

16: Our common concerns 183

REFERENCES184