Georgia: BTC Pipeline-18/Tetritskaro

Date Filed
01 Dec 2004
Status
Closed
Phase
Assessment
Country
Georgia

Case Tracker

Eligibility
Eligibility
Assessment
CLOSED
Assessment
Dispute Resolution
Compliance
CURRENT Status
Assessment
CLOSED

Complaint Overview

Complainant

Residents of TetriTskaro

Cross-Cutting Issues
Resource Efficiency Air Private / Personal Property Damage

Project Information

Region
Europe
Institution
IFC
Name & Number
Baku Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline 11251
Company
Baku Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Sector
Mining, Oil, Gas and Chemicals
Department
Other
Category
A
Commitment

$125 million (A loan) $125 million (B loan)

Synopsis

Complaint

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil and gas pipeline is a 1,768 km long crude oil pipeline stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second longest oil pipeline in the world and passes through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. IFC has invested $250 million since 2003 and the total project cost is approximately $3.6 billion. The project is operated by BTC Co., which comprises a consortium of 11 partners. To date, CAO has received 33 complaints in relation to the project ranging from individuals to communities to local organizations. In December 2004, CAO received a complaint from residents of Parnavizi Street in the village of TetriTskaro, who claimed that vibration from BTC construction vehicles caused dust, loud noises, and cracking in their residential buildings.

Action

The complaint was accepted on Feb. 8, 2005. As a result of a number of other villages along the pipeline route filing similar complaints related to construction vibration, CAO included the TetriTskaro Parnavizi Street case in a collective assessment of vibration-related complaints. In response to the collection of vibration-related complaints, CAO recommended an independent study to assess whether vibration from blasting and construction traffic may have caused damage to the claimants’ buildings. In August 2005, BTC Co. commissioned an independent study. The study concluded that although there were shortcomings in the adequacy of the traffic vibration monitoring when compared with international standards, construction traffic was unlikely to have caused the cracking to residents’ buildings.

Status

After reviewing the study’s results and comparing them to other similar studies around the world, CAO concurred with the findings of the independent study, and determined that no further progress could be made toward resolution of the claim. CAO closed the complaint on June 16, 2006.

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