Some circles, which want to hinder the realization of our oil strategy, have begun to spread misinformation that Azerbaijan was claiming to the world community that there was more oil in the Caspian Sea than actually was the case. These are all lies and fantasy. Aliyev insists between 4,000 and 10,000 million tons of oil are to be found just in the Azerbaijani sector under the Caspian Sea. Kuchma expressed the hope that the Supsa line could feed into the Odessa-Brody line to supply European consumers. He echoed the need for ending dependence in Russia as a transit route for oil.
Oil is first of all a matter of big politics.
Oil is the backbone of national security. The Baku-Supsa pipeline is not without potential problems. The exercise ended Saturday, the day the pipeline was formally inaugurated.