The DOT issued a proposed compliance order directing Exxon to conduct training for supervisors and pipeline control room workers, including on the proper operation of remote control valves.

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Georgia says Russia merely wants control of an oil pipeline.

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But Hungary and other countries have stiffened Croatian resistance to other Russian plans, such as the attempt to gain control of an oil pipeline from the Croatian coast to Hungary.

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The Kochs operate oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, and control some four thousand miles of pipeline.

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Apache will get control of a BP-operated pipeline, which will give it the ability to open up new fields that it had been sitting on because of insufficient pipeline capacity.

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In recent weeks, Tokyo has trotted out a parade of politicians and bureaucrats to make the pitch: the bad-loan mess at the banks is under control, more public-works money is rolling down the pipeline, consumers are perking up.

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The argument is that being able to control the data rates for different types of content, choking the pipeline for individual users or at particular times, will allow allocation of bandwidth to more urgent applications.

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Eni also shares control of one of the largest pipelines bringing Russian gas into Europe and recently announced plans for a pipeline across the Black Sea to Bulgaria that will solidify Gazprom's hold on the European energy market.

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