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breakaway South Ossetia region, the scene of the fighting.

They are particularly valued by the European Union because they reduce
dependency on Russian supplies and do not cross Russian territory.

But exports of gas and oil have been disrupted following a blast in
Turkey earlier this week.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack.

* THE BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE - The BP-led pipeline was opened in 2006.

It can pump up to one million bpd of Azeri crude along the 1,040 mile
route to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. It is the first pipeline to carry
large volumes of crude from the Caspian without going through Russia.

* The BAKU-TBILISI-ERZURUM PIPELINE - Also known as the Shakh-Deniz
Pipeline, takes gas from the Shakh Deniz gasfield in the Caspian Sea
to Erzurum in Turkey. It is jointly operated by BP and StatoilHydro.
It began exports to Turkey in 2007 and will eventually be able to
carry 20 billion cubic metres of gas.

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(Compiled by Barbara Lewis and Margaret Orgill, editing by Anthony Barker)