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BTC Pipeline-28/Adana & Ceyhan

Issues

Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 366

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 319

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Sectors

Extractives (oil, gas, mining)

Description: Project relates to the extractive industries, including oil, gas, and mining. Examples may include mines, drilling operations, pipelines, and the associated legal frameworks.

Complaints in this Sector: 199

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Infrastructure

Description: Project relates to construction or improvement of large structures, facilities, or public works projects. Examples include roads and other transportation projects, sanitation and water treatment facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

Complaints in this Sector: 865

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Project

Name: BTC Pipeline

Investments: IFC 11251

Client: Baku Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

Support: Loans

Country: Turkey

Complaint

IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)

ID: turkey-btc-pipeline-28adana-ceyhan

Date Filed: July 6, 2006

Date Closed: Feb. 28, 2007

Status: Closed Without Outputs

Description

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. On July 6, 2006, CAO received a complaint from an NGO named Society for the Protection of the Environment and Consumer, filed on behalf of Central Fishery Products Cooperative. The complaint alleged that the terminus of the BTC pipeline resulted in a loss to local fishermen of their fishing areas and fish stocks. They requested compensation for existing and predicted financial losses.

Complaint Stages

Filing

July 6, 2006

Filing

Status:

Start Date: July 6, 2006

Registration

Not Undertaken

Registration

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Eligibility

July 6, 2006 -

Sept. 1, 2006

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: July 6, 2006

End Date: Sept. 1, 2006

Dispute Resolution

Sept. 1, 2006 -

Dec. 1, 2006

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed Without Output

Explanation: Mechanism unable to contact complainant

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Mechanism unable to contact complainant

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

Not Undertaken

Monitoring

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage

Closed

Feb. 28, 2007

Timeline

Related Complaints

Project IAM Country Date Filed Status
BTC Pipeline-01/ Switzerland IFC CAO Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey 01/12/2003 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-02/Rustavi IFC CAO Georgia 16/03/2004 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-03/Switzerland IFC CAO Georgia 01/03/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-04/Switzerland IFC CAO Georgia 01/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-05/Rustavi City IFC CAO Georgia 01/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-06/Bashkovi IFC CAO Georgia 21/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-07/Dgvari IFC CAO Georgia 21/05/2004 Closed With Outputs Outside Process
BTC Pipeline-08/Sagrasheni IFC CAO Georgia 21/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-09/Tetritskaro IFC CAO Georgia 29/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-10/Tetritskaro IFC CAO Georgia 21/05/2004 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-11/Tsikhisjvari IFC CAO Georgia 21/05/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-12/Tba, Tsemi, Sadgeri IFC CAO Georgia 28/05/2004 Closed With Outputs Outside Process
BTC Pipeline-13/Tsalka IFC CAO Georgia 22/07/2004 Closed With Outputs Outside Process
BTC Pipeline-14/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 08/08/2004 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-15/Tetritsakro IFC CAO Georgia 01/12/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-16/Tetritsakro IFC CAO Georgia 01/12/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-17/Tadzrisi IFC CAO Georgia 10/12/2004 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-18/Tetritsakro IFC CAO Georgia 01/12/2004 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-19/Atskuri Temple IFC CAO Georgia 03/05/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-20/Atskuri IFC CAO Georgia 03/05/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-21/Posof IFC CAO Turkey 21/06/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-22/Tsemi IFC CAO Georgia 24/06/2005 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-23/Tsemi IFC CAO Georgia 24/06/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-24/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 01/08/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-25/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 01/08/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-26/Krstanisi IFC CAO Georgia 12/12/2005 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-27/Tbilisi IFC CAO Georgia 15/06/2006 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-29/Tsalka IFC CAO Georgia 03/08/2006 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-30/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 20/08/2007 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-31/Naokhrebi IFC CAO Georgia 28/02/2008 Closed Without Outputs
BTC Pipeline-32/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 01/08/2008 Closed With Outputs
BTC Pipeline-33/Vale IFC CAO Georgia 30/05/2011 Closed With Outputs