Official Documents
International Finance Corporation BTC documents webpage (includes Environmental Assessment summary with several attachments, and full document ordering information)
Caspian Development and Export website (This site includes official project documents including the Host Government Agreements)
Caspian Development Advisory Panel documents (BP has set up the CDAP to study the BTC Pipeline project.)
Environmental Impact Assessment, EBRD, disclosed June 12, 2003 (EBRD website)
Civil Society Analysis
A significant amount of analysis and correspondence has been developed by various groups. The following is a selection of that information. For a more comprehensive list of information, please visit the partner NGO links listed below.
Report on corruption in Azerbaijan oil industry prepared for EBRD & IFC investigation arms, by the Committee of Oil Industry Worker´s Rights Protection, October 2003, (Acrobat pdf 108 KB)
Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey pipeline systems: An evaluation of the public disclosure and consultation process, by Martin Skalsky, CEE Bankwatch Network, October 2003 (Acrobat pdf 335 KB)
Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan Pipeline. Review of Land Acquisition and Compensation Process Interim Report, published by Bankwatch, Green Alternative, Oxfam, Georgian Young Lawyers Association, June 18, 2003 (Bankwatch website)
Second International NGO Fact-Finding Mission to Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Initial Summary Report
Turkish Section, March 2003 (Acrobat pdf 1.3 MB)
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey Pipelines Project: Preliminary reports by the International NGO Fact Finding Mission:
Azerbaijan Section, September 2002 (Acrobat pdf 300 KB)
Georgian Section, July 2002 (Acrobat pdf 390 KB)
Turkish Section, August 2002 (Acrobat pdf 738 KB)
Human Rights on the Line: The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project, Amnesty International, May 20, 2003 (report on the BTC pipeline and its possible impacts on human rights in Turkey) (Bankwatch website)
Caspian Oil Windfalls: Who Will Benefit?, by Svetlana Tsalik, Caspian Revenue Watch, May 14, 2003 (OSI website)
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline and BP: A Financial Analysis, prepared by Mark Mansley of Claros Consulting, published by Platform, May 2003 (Bankwatch website)
Some Common Concerns: Imagining BP’s Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Pipelines System, published by: Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale, CEE Bankwatch Network, The Corner House, FoEI, The Kurdish Human Rights Project, and PLATFORM. (Bankwatch website) (This is a full report by a coalition of civil society groups that explores all of the various concerns raised by the pipeline.) Also available: Executive Summary
The Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: Can Its Track Record Hold Lessons for the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline? by Korinna Horta of Environmental Defense and Manana Kochladze of Green Alternative, January 2003 (Fern website)
The Analysis of “Agreement Among the Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia and the Republic of Turkey Relating to the Transportation of Petroleum Via the Territories of The Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia and the Republic of Turkey Through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Pipeline.", by Mr. Merab Barbakadze, Lawyer in association with Green Alternative and Oxfam Great Britain, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 81 KB)
Memorandum of Cooperation on the Support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline, by NGOs and Ensuring Public Control, November 16, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 82 KB)
Correspondence
NGO letter to IFC Executive Directors regarding resettlement, August 14, 2003
NGO letter to WB President Wolfensohn and IFC Executive Vice President Woicke requesting economic, legal, and development impact information, July 11, 2003
IFC response to NGO letter to WB President Wolfensohn and IFC Executive Vice President Woicke requesting economic, legal and development impact information, August 1, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 77 KB)
NGO letter to IFC requesting project information, January 10, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 69KB)
IFC response to January 10 letter, February 13, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 73 KB)
NGO letter to IFC President Wolfensohn, December 19, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 84 KB)
IFC response to December 19 letter, January 17, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 116 KB)
NGO letter to EBRD, December 19, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 85 KB)
Response to December 19 letter from Peter Reiniger, EBRD, January 22, 2003
Georgia Environment Minister letter to BP, November 26, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 91 KB)
NGO letter to IFC , November 22, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 95 KB)
US NGOs’ letter to US Government, November 22, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 90 KB)
Georgian NGOs’ letter to BP outlining concerns, November 12, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 100 KB)
BP President, Azerbaijan letter to President of Georgia, November 7, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 48 KB)
Useful Web Pages
Baku-Ceyhan Campaign website
CEE Bankwatch Network (click to see complete project description, NGO correspondence, and full list of reports)
Caspian Development and Export website Friends of the Earth UK, BTC webpage
Friends of the Earth, BTC webpage