Azerbaijan, Baku, 29 March / Trend corr S. Aliyev/ The European Commission closed the tender for selecting a consultant for development of documentation on initial engineering of the project on construction of the Trans-Caspian oil pipeline, a source close to the project said. Next month the winner company will be defined.
The company will have to develop within 18 months a project on transportation of oil from Kazakhstan via the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and its further transit.
The Trans-Caspian pipeline may be constructed in case of oil export from Kazakhstan to the world markets via Azerbaijan will exceed 20mln tons of oil per year.