From Nov. 27 New York Times. John Kraljic 
 
 
OIL PROJECT ADVANCES Russia advanced an oil pipeline project to 
 
ship Russian crude directly to Western European markets; the oil will go 
 
through the Croatian pipeline system to that country's Adriatic Sea port 
 
of Omisalj. In a meeting with Croatian officials, the Russian energy 
 
minister, Igor Yusufov, agreed to guarantee shipments of Russian crude 
 
for the pipeline and to hold talks with other participating countries. 
 
Under the project, pipeline and storage equipment would be upgraded to 
 
ship 100,000 barrels of oil a day from Russia's main oil artery into 
 
Central Europe to the Croatian oil terminal by 2003. 
Sabrina Tavernise 
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