In 2005 the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline opened to pump Azerbaijani oil to a terminal in Turkey to lessen dependence on piplines through Russia.

2005年，巴库-第比利斯-杰伊汉输油管道启用，将阿塞拜疆的石油输往土耳其的一个终端站，使其减少对通过俄罗斯境内的石油管道的依赖。

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C. lawyer who helped write the 1977 law as a Carter Administration official and now serves on a committee that oversees sales generated by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline from the Caspian Sea.

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Fortunately, there is historical precedent for virtually the same course of diplomacy, as U.S. support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum (BTE) projects of 2006 allowed the respective governments of Georgia and Azerbaijan to resist Russian influence and utilize their own resources.

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