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Azerbaijani newspaper sees Kazakhstani oil conspiracy

By M. Alkhazashvili
(Translated by Diana Dundua)
Thursday, February 14
Oil mining in Kazakhstan will not be as effective as it could be in 2008, according to the Azerbaijani newspaper Zerkalo. The newspaper claims Kazakhstan is deliberately stalling over increasing production until Azerbaijani production slows, in order to make Baku dependent on Kazakhstani oil to operate the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline.