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Index
Abasov, Orxan 93–5, 126, 208, 243, 294
Abbasov, Qurban 19–20, 21
Abdullayeva, Arzu 32–4, 76, 78, 90
Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan 22–3, 25, 40, 42, 46, 87, 95
Abu, Baba 226, 340
Abu Ishaq Istahri 88
Adams, Terry 100, 339
Adenauer, Konrad 310–11, 312, 313, 325
Adriatic, the 8, 249, 259, 262–7, 273, 279, 283, 287, 293, 344
Adria-Wien Pipeline 291–2
Aguntum, Austria 292–3, 295
Ahmet (fisherman) 237–8
Ahmet (imam) 213
Akhali-Samgori, Georgia 150–2, 162
Akhundov, General Vagif 73
Akifiye, Turkey 228–9
Aliyev, Heydar 29–30, 34, 38, 40, 58–9, 60, 69–70, 70–1, 76–7, 77–8, 89, 103, 111, 119, 141, 142, 143, 224
Aliyev, Ilham 30–1, 33–4, 34–5, 38, 59, 72–3, 78, 96, 339
Alizade, Salur 70–1
Alizade, Zardusht 38, 70–1, 75, 76, 80–2, 90, 95
Allwood, David 194–5, 206
Alvera, Marco 109–10
Amnesty International 104, 145, 183
Amoco 17, 20, 58, 59, 340
Amoco Cadiz (tanker) 255
Anderson, Mike 73
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 310
Anglo-Persian Oil Company 53, 266, 282, 297, 300–1, 339
Ankara, Turkey 197, 200, 202, 215–21, 238, 284
Annan, Kofi 262
Ardahan, Turkey 184–7, 195–6, 197–8
Armenians 24, 40–1, 46–7, 49, 51, 60, 74, 75, 76, 77, 107, 161, 183, 198, 204
Atskuri, Georgia 173
Avraamov, Arseny 53
Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) 15–18, 63, 100–1, 143
Azeri Centre for Civic Initiatives 103–4
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oilfield 13–21, 24, 58, 59, 66, 90, 93–5, 99, 100–1, 137, 216, 231, 321, 329, 331, 332, 339
Baader, Andreas 316
Babayev, Nazim 114–17
Bagirov, Sabit 54–60, 78, 99–100, 119–21, 120, 121
Baker Botts 143–5, 179
Baku, Azerbaijan 9, 15, 16–21, 22, 23, 24–5, 26, 43, 44–6, 96, 131, 333; Azadliq Meydani 71–7; Bailov Prison 69–71; Bayil Prison 37; Binegedi 35–8; Caspian Plaza 34–5, 77–80; Istiqlaliyyet Street 32–4, 52–4; Matbuat Avenue 80–2; Nacafqulu Rafiyev Street 54; Neftchiler Prospekti 27–9; Sahil Park 49–51; State Oil Academy 30–2, 75; Villa Petrolea 43; Villa Petrolea, Bayil 63–4, 66–9, 71
Baku–Batumi Railway 43, 44, 51, 53, 97–9, 119, 127, 130, 131, 160, 183, 207, 215–16, 234, 265, 285, 318, 334
Baku–Supsa, Georgia, bombing of 148–57
Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan Pipeline Company (BTC Co) 102, 105–6, 132, 181, 192, 206, 207, 209, 210–11, 226, 230–1, 236–7, 241
Balakhani, Azerbaijan 41–6, 96, 129
Balfour, Arthur 51
Ballinger, Peter 216, 217–18, 224, 227–8
Balık Ristoran, Turkey 239
Banks, Maurice 298
Barac, Milutin 265
Barroso, José Manuel 77
Batumi, Georgia 10, 43, 44, 51, 97, 98, 99, 127, 133, 162, 169, 182–4, 207, 216, 259, 292, 318, 333, 334
Batumi Oil Refining and Trading Company 98, 183, 253–4
Bavaria, Germany 7, 35, 276, 293, 301–35
Bayatly, Tamam 67, 77, 151, 220
Bayernoil 318–21, 331–2
BBC 31, 92
Bechtel 204
Benn, Hilary 170
Berger, Sandy 100, 101–2, 143, 217, 277
Bibi Heybat, Azerbaijan 24–5, 42, 43, 54, 87–8, 96, 129, 334, 338
Black January massacre 30
Black September 316–17
Blair, Tony 78
Block Valve 30 207–15
Boccioni, Umberto 284
Borjomi, Georgia 147, 167–78, 227, 296, 300, 301, 341
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park 169, 300
Bormann, Martin 302
BOTAŞ 181, 182, 192, 204–7, 209–10, 213, 215, 217, 220, 221, 224–5, 227, 231, 241–2
Bousfield, Colin 226
Bouygues Offshore 89
BP 6, 7, 14, 63–9, 108; and Aliyev 33, 77; anti-corrosion coating choice 175–7; Azerbaijan contract 54–61, 89–90, 90–1, 107; Azerbaijan oil production 92–5; and the Block Valve 30 explosion 207–15; BTC contract 101–2; carbon footprint 258; and civil society 81–2; Community Investment Projects 66–8, 195–6, 219–21; community liaison officers 132; compensation claims and guidelines 112–14, 116, 164, 173, 192–3; corporate social responsibility 219–21; dam building 177; Deepwater Horizon disaster 337–9, 340; employment promises 138; ‘engagement’ plan 172–3; environmental conditions of permit 170–1; expansion into Soviet Union 17–21; finances 64–6; funding 104, 172, 176, 194, 226–7; German holdings 319, 325; Global Cargo Assurance System 267; and human rights 34; Indian market entry 332; and the Oil Crisis, 1973 319–20; Production Sharing Agreement 15; security arrangements 117–18, 179; shareholders 64; signing bonuses 37–8; and the South Ossetian war 151, 152–7; spokespeople 231; sponsorship 293–5; Sustainability Reports 258; TAL investment 297–8; Turnkey Agreement 206–7, 217; and the UK government 320; and US presence 100; Vohburg refineries 314–15; West German market 311–12
BP Alternative Energy 256–7
BP European Logistics 330
BP Exploration Caspian Sea Ltd 17
BP Integrated Supply and Trading 255, 267
BP Shipping 251, 252
Brandt, Willy 325
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of 183, 198
Brezhnev, Leonid 29, 30, 141
Bridgeman, Maurice 288–9, 297–8, 311–12
British Hawthorn (tanker) 251–3
Browne, John 17–21, 54, 56, 57, 58–9, 65, 87, 91–2, 96, 99–100, 104, 124, 132, 172, 176, 243, 256–7, 258, 285–6, 294, 297, 310, 340
Bunge, A. A. 98
Bureau Veritas 255
Burnaz, Turkey 239–40
Butler, Nick 56
Çağlayan, Şükran 219–21, 231, 234, 238
Çalabaş, Turkey 188–90
Callaghan, James 298
CALS Refineries 331–2
Cameron, David 251–2
Camin Cargo Assurance Inspection Company 267
Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale 104, 227, 282
CARE International 220
Caspian–Black Sea Oil Company 98
Caspian Energy Centre 91–3
Caspian Finance Center 216–18
Cazenove Capital 337–8
CEE Bankwatch Network 104, 137, 172
Central European Pipeline System 313
Ceyhan Terminal, the 219, 235–9, 243, 249, 250, 251, 256, 267, 276, 279, 286, 330, 331, 342
Chantladze, Tamila 152
Chavchavadze, Prince Ilia 137
Chazan, Guy 149, 150, 151, 154
Chevron 19, 93, 102
Chkhobadze, Nino 170
Churchill, Winston 275, 278, 297
Clinton, Bill 100, 101, 143–4, 216–17, 224, 277
Çoban, Anıl 195–6
Coindreau, Rear Admiral Philippe 252
Committee of Oil Industry Workers’ Rights Protection 103–4
Conn, Iain 332
Cooper, Ray 225
Corfu 260
Corner House, the 6, 104, 112–14, 143, 172, 185, 194, 206, 227
Council of Oil Extractors Congress 42
Cox, Vivienne 257, 258
Crosland, Michael 226
Çukurova, the 230, 233–242
Cunliffe, Barry 259–60
Curzon, Lord 51, 343
Czech Republic 8, 274, 276, 329–30
D’Annunzio, Gabriele 265–6
Danube, the 309–10, 323–4, 329, 334
Deepwater Horizon disaster 15, 18, 337–9, 340
DEHAP 185–6
Demirel, Süleyman 143, 224
Democratic Society Party (DTP) 186
Department for International Development (UK) 78, 170, 343
Department of Trade and Industry (UK) 113
Dereköy, Turkey 196–7
Deutscher, Isaac 122
Dgvari, Georgia 138, 171–4
Digmelashvili, Eleonora 131–2
Donat Maritime 255
Down, Alaistair 298
Drake, Colonel 24
DTO 328
Dugi Otok, Croatia 263–5
Dugi Otok (tanker) 249–50, 253, 254–60, 262–3, 267, 274, 334, 344
Dunn, Neil 155
Dunsterville, Major General Lionel 49–50
Ecevit, Bülent 224
Efendiev, Galib 78–9, 120, 121
Elchibey, Abulfaz 55, 56, 58, 59
Emtunga International 89
ENI 109, 266–7, 276, 285, 313
Ensslin, Gudrun 315–17
Environmental Impact Assessment 170–1, 219
Environmental Resources Management (ERM) 202, 203–4, 218–19
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus 343
E.ON 262, 323–7
E.ON Ruhrgas 324–5
Erdal, Bahoz 211
Erekçi, Kubilay 224–6, 227–8
Erhard, Ludwig 311
Erzincan, Turkey 204–7
Euphrates Valley, Central Anatolia 199–201
European Air Defence Systems 327–8
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 104, 104–6, 109, 137, 169, 170, 173, 174, 176, 194, 203, 215, 227, 341
European Climate Exchange 341
European Commission 77, 108–9, 218, 262
European Court of Human Rights 112–13
European Energy Forum 109
European Investment Bank 109, 110, 137
European Recovery Program 310
European Union 77, 108–10, 136, 162, 218, 260, 262, 312
Export Credit Guarantee Department (UK) 176–7, 193–5, 206
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 78–9
ExxonMobil 68, 89, 97, 226, 274
Exxon Valdez (tanker) 255
Fabio (fisherman) 273–4, 316
Federal Republic of Germany (energy policy) 310–11, 315-6, 320, 325–6, 328
Fehlberg, Rondo 19–20, 37
Felbertauern Tunnel 297–8
Ferguson, Christine 145
Fischer, Joschka 320, 326
Fleury, Jacques 169
Ford, Erin 209–10
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) 56–7
Fourth Crusade, the 263–4
Frazer (oilworker) 13, 14, 16
Friends of the Earth 6, 104, 170, 173, 341
Fuller, Larry 340
Gahramanli, Mirvary 103
Gamsakhurdia, Zviad 142
Gasimov, Aydin 67–9, 94, 121, 208, 220
Gazprom 325–6, 340
Geisenfeld, Germany 307–9
Gence, Azerbaijan 119–24, 131
Gencevi, Nizami 123
Georgian Glass and Mineral Water Co 169
Georgian National Military Academy 162–3, 165
Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation 149, 152–5, 156
Gerebizza, Elena 282, 317
Gerebizza, Paolo 282–3, 316–7
Gerlach, Irene 92
German Democratic Republic 325
Gillard, Michael 175–7
Global Climate Coalition 256
Global Witness 79
Gogoladze, Roman 173
Gölovasi, Turkey 235–9
Goolsby, George 143–5, 179, 194, 224
Goppel, Alfons 313
Gorbachev, Mikhail 19, 21, 30, 54, 71, 74, 76, 141–2, 343
Göregen, Tahsin 236–7, 238
Gori, Georgia 44, 99, 152–4, 159–62
Gradisca D’Isonzo, Italy 283–4
Green Alternative 103–4, 136–7, 138, 139, 170–1, 174
Green Party, the 320
Greenpeace 338
Grey Wolves 55, 211–12
Griffiths, Hannah 6–7
Grossmehring, Germany 323–7
Grote, Byron 65–6, 68, 206, 218, 288
Gujaraidze, Keti 138, 148, 166, 167–71, 174–7, 181
Gulaliyev, Mayis 46–9, 81–2, 87, 88, 95–6, 103, 106–7, 107–8, 111–18, 119–21, 124, 125, 125–6
Gulaliyev, Mehdi 87, 95–6, 108, 111–18
Gulf of Aden 251–3
Gündoğdu, Mustafa 197
Gviritshvili, Professor Mirian 170–1
Hacalli, Azerbaijan 111–18, 120, 125
Haci Ali, Turkey 191–3, 195
Hacibayram, Turkey 202
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd 332
Hamilton, Tom 18, 20
Hasköy-Hoçvan, Turkey 187–8, 195–6, 221
Hawkins, Captain Michael 252
Hayward, Tony 18, 65, 66, 243, 257, 293, 338–9
Healey, Denis 320
Hensman, Rod 175
Higginson, Anthony 145
Hikmet, Nazim 39, 40, 199, 200–1, 234
Hildyard, Nick 6–7, 113–4, 172, 185, 194–5, 227
Hogg, Douglas 55
Horton, Richard 294
Host Government Agreement 139, 144–5, 149, 157, 179, 181, 194, 210, 211, 219, 224
Howes, Major General ‘Buster’ 252
Huben, Austria 295–6
Hurd, Douglas 57, 59
Husseinov, Elmar 32
Ibishova, Mansura 102–3, 105–6, 106–7, 166, 215
Impact Assessment 138, 202, 203–4, 219, 294
İncirlik, Turkey 233–5
India 331–2
Ingolstadt, Germany 308–9, 309–14, 319, 328, 331–4
Ingolstadt–Kralupy–Litvinov Pipeline (IKL) 329
Insight Investment 5, 64–5, 157, 341
Inter-Allied Control Commission 310
Inter-Governmental Agreement 143–5
International Finance Corporation 104, 169
International Petroleum Exchange 107
Ionian Sea 257–62
Iran 75, 101, 217, 275, 310–1, 314–6
Irina (BP CIP executive) 66–9
İskenderun Bay, Turkey 250–1
Ismayilov, Zohrab 79–80
Istanbul Summit 143–5
Jackson, Basil 53
Jandara, Georgia 127–30
Jandarma Information Terror Control (JITEM) 186, 187, 188, 197, 212
Jeter, Jeff 104–6, 107, 215
Karlsruhe, Germany 328
Kaya, Ferhat 185–7, 191, 196–7, 197–8
Kayseri, Turkey 223–4
Kefalonia, Ionian Sea 258–60
Kemal, Yashar 191, 221, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234
Keskin, Nurullah 224–6, 227–8
KGB 29–30, 38, 40, 71, 76, 114, 120
Khrushchev, Nikita 22, 29, 123, 130, 141, 274, 278, 298, 312, 319, 329, 334
Kılıç, Fazlı 202
Klaus, Josef 296
Knickerbocker, Hubert 122
Kochladze, Manana 135, 136–9, 148–50, 150, 151, 162–6, 167–71, 174–7, 177–9, 181
Kodiana Pass, Georgia 128
Kopernicki, Jan 251–2
Krazny Most, Azerbaijan 124–7
Krtsanisi, Georgia 162–6
Kurdish Human Rights Project 104, 112–13, 185, 197
Kurdoğlu, Ali 188–90
Kurds 184–7, 188–90, 190–1, 210, 211
Kyoto Protocol, the 124
Laiazzo, Turkey 240–1
Lake Haciqabul, Az
erbaijan 97–102
Lampedusa 262
Lawson, Duncan 112–13, 116, 189
Lebensraum Donau-Auen, Germany 309
Lenin, V. I. 43, 44, 127
Lenting, Germany 328–30
Lermontov, Mikhail 167, 168
Libya 260–2
Lienz, Austria 292–3, 295
Limak 225–6, 227–8
Ling, Tony 73
Lisjak, Bruno Volpi 277–80
Lloyds of London 255, 278
London 337–44; Bishopsgate 226–7; Britannic House 339–40; British Museum 293–4; Butlers Wharf 5–7; Canary Wharf 193–5; Cavendish Square 203–4; Haringey 190–1; St James’s Square 64–6; the Thames 344
Lukoil 17
Lyondell Bassell 321
McDermott 58, 89, 90
Machuca, Colombia 151
Maclean, Fitzroy 50
Major, John 55, 59
Mamedov, Gamabai 29–30
Mammador, Mubariz 116
Manching, Germany 327–8
Marco Polo 16, 88, 204, 223, 240, 286
Marinetti, Filippo 266, 281–2, 284
Marriott, Alfred Lyttelton 43
Marriott, Richard 320
Marriott, Rowland 50–1
Marshall Plan 235, 310
Marvin, Charles 42
Mattei, Enrico 285, 313
Mauten, Austria 291–2
Mavi Hilal (Blue Crescent) 193, 195–6, 196–7, 220
Mayakovsky, Vladimir 49
Mehman (Hacalli villager) 112–18
Meinhof, Ulrike 315–17
Melanashvili, Gusein 160–2, 164–5
Memed, İnce 230
Mercy Corps 220–1
Methoni, Greece 256–7
Middle Eastern Technical University (METU), Ankara 218–19, 224
Mills, Steve 226
Ministry of National Security 71, 114–18, 125–6
Miriyev, Ismayil 91–2, 93
Mittersill, Austria 298–300
Monaselidze, Archil 157
Morgan, Clive 120–1
Morganthau, Henry 302
Morningstar, Richard 101–2, 217–18, 224, 227–8, 262, 277
Moro, Aldo 288
Mortimore, Derek 175–6
Mose (fisherman) 241–2
Mount Kazbegi, Georgia 10, 129, 147, 168, 333
Muggia, Italy 249, 267, 273–80, 316–17
Mullens & Co. 320
Münchsmünster, Germany 319, 321
Murex (tanker) 253–4, 311, 334
Mussolini, Benito 266, 274, 278, 283, 301
Mutalibov, Ayas 54, 55
Muttitt, Greg 6–7, 143, 202, 204–5, 227
Mycenaean Age 259–60
Nabucco pipeline 108, 110, 218, 262, 326
Nagorno-Karabakh 47, 48, 60, 76, 107, 145
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) (US) 155, 211
NATO 72, 73, 140, 143, 147, 160, 162, 181, 224, 235, 252, 265, 297, 301, 327–8
Nazi Germany 99, 129–30, 300–1, 302–3, 327