Complete 911 Timeline: Pipeline Politics

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Complete 911 Timeline
Pipeline Politics

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1991-1997: Oil Investment in Central Asia Follows Soviet Collapse The Soviet Union collapses in 1991, creating several new nations in Central Asia. Major US oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Texaco, Unocal, BP Amoco, Shell, and Enron, directly invest billions in these Central Asian nations, bribing heads of state to secure equity rights in the huge oil reserves in these regions. The oil companies commit to $35 billion in future direct investments in Kazakhstan. It is believed at the time that these oil fields will have an estimated $6 trillion potential value. US companies own approximately 75 percent of the rights. These companies, however, face the problem of having to pay exorbitant prices to Russia for use of the Russian pipelines to get the oil out.
-People and organizations involved: Enron, Unocal, Soviet Union, Russia, Kazakhstan, Texaco, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP

November 1993: Enron Power Plant Creates Demand for an Afghanistan Pipeline The Dabhol power plant.
The Indian government approves construction of Enron’s Dabhol power plant, located near Bombay on the west coast of India. Enron has invested $3 billion, the largest single foreign investment in India’s history. Enron owns 65 percent of the Dabhol liquefied natural gas power plant, intended to provide one-fifth of India’s energy needs by 1997. It is the largest gas-fired power plant in the world. Earlier in the year, the World Bank concluded that the plant was “not economically viable” and refused to invest in it.
-People and organizations involved: India, World Bank, Enron