/Kazakhstan today, November 11, 02/ - By the results of tender, Consortium SSS-Saipem after finishing of building at Karachaganak will be enabled in building of oil pipeline Baku-Jaikhan. About this the director of the project Consortium SSS-Saipem Dmitriy Ekonomidis informed journalists.

According to Ekonomidis's words, building to the oil pipeline Baku-Jeikhan "is great according to its scales building and we have started transportation of personnel and technics to Azerbaijan". The major work will start there in early spring of the next year.

Besides, Consortium SSS-Saipem intends to achieve orders for contract works at Tengiz field and explorations of Adgip KSO. The consortium has already presented all necessary documents to tender commission.

Today Consortium SSS-Saipem is the major contractor of Karachaganak project. It is busy in building of Karachaganak refinery complex, and also pipeline Karachaganak-Atyrau. Both projects will be hand over in the middle of the next year. Today more than 12 th. persons are busy in these works.

It is assumed that right after putting of the objects in commission, employees will be free. And, as Ekonomidis notes, Kazakhstan employees, who have obtained great experience and high qualification, "will be useful for SSS-Saipem, unless it does not get projects at Tengiz and explorations of Adgip KSO. Besides, possibly, the most experienced Kazakhstan specialists will be recruited on making of oil pipeline Baku-Jeikhan.

[2002-11-11]