Oil- and gas-pipelines of Kazakhstan are in their normal conditions - EC representative

/Kazakhstan today, September 16, 03/ - Oil- and gas-pipelines of KazTransOil CJSC and KazTransGas CJSC are in their normal conditions currently. Jean-Luis Terlie, the representative of European Commission in the RK, the director of "Support of oil and gas extraction and transportation sector in the RK" project, informed about this fact today, on September 16. According to Mr. Terlie, during the realization of "Support of oil and gas extraction and transportation sector in the RK" project several oil- and gas- pipelines of the two national transportation systems were inspected. "We concluded that KazTransOil CJSC and KazTransGas CJSC build their works in the good direction and make attempts to correct their mistakes, made earlier" - J. Terlie said. In project's director opinion, "the main problem of pipelines across the world is a metal corrosion. We suggested a number of recommendations concerning introduction of modern methods of pipeline system monitoring. On September 18 these recommendations will be sent to national companies of Kazakhstan". However, as Mr. Terlie informed, "during the process of analyzing conditions of the pipeline system of Kazakhstan, we saw how KazTransOil CJSC and KazTransGas CJSC walk far away from meeting international norms of labor, health and environment protection. [2003-09-16]