Will new pipeline ease the West’s energy woes?

The 1,094-mile Caspian oil duct, inaugurated Thursday in Turkey, may not be as tangle-free as America had hoped.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Though that amounts to only 2.5 percent of global oil exports, analysts say the flow could significantly improve global energy security.

Indeed, the US-backed pipeline has long been seen by Western governments as a way to tap Caspian oil without involving Iran and Russia. But with Turkey increasingly courting energy-rich Russia, the project may prove more prickly than anticipated.

Christian Science Monitor