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Pipe dream finally realized in Butinge

Jul 29, 1999
By Paul Beckman

BUTINGE - After nearly a decade of planning and construction, Lithuania's Butinge oil terminal managed to load its first tanker with Russian crude oil July 22 for a customer in Britain.Although the terminal will be operating at half capacity until the fall, the opening was greeted with near euphoria by the country's leaders. Not even a protest by environmental activists from Latvia, who delayed the official opening by several hours by chaining themselves to the terminal, could dampen spirits. "T ...

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