Organization
Unocal
U.S. oil and gas company (Union Oil Company of California).
- Also known as
- Union Oil Company of California, UNOCAL
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involved in
- Unocal’s pipeline plans across Afghanistan held an interest in CentGas, the planned gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan Primary record 1
- Unocal’s pipeline plans across Afghanistan met a Taliban delegation at its Texas offices in late 1997 Scholarship & press 2
- Unocal’s pipeline plans across Afghanistan a Unocal vice president was quoted in 1997 on “non-cash bonus payments” to members of the regime According to Unocal Scholarship & press 2
- Unocal’s pipeline plans across Afghanistan its former pipeline chief says it sought to work with all factions; its consultant, a former ambassador, says he never lobbied State for it According to Unocal Primary record 13
- Unocal’s pipeline plans across Afghanistan quit CentGas months after the August 1998 U.S. strikes Scholarship & press 2
Proof 3 sources
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U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics: hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, 12 February 1998, U.S. House of Representatives, 12 Feb 1998.
Primary record
Last October, the Central Asia Gas Pipeline Consortium, called CentGas, in which Unocal holds an interest, was formed to develop a gas pipeline which will link Turkmenistan's vast Dauletabad gas field with markets in Pakistan and possibly India.
We have the same relationship as we have with the other factions, which is that we have talked with them, we have briefed them, we have invited them to our headquarters to see what our projects are.
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Pipe Dreams, Mother Jones, Oct 2001.
Scholarship & press
By late 1997, a Taliban delegation visited Unocal’s offices in Sugarland, Texas to meet with company executives.
In 1997, the Unocal vice president in charge of the pipeline project was quoted as saying that his company had provided “non-cash bonus payments” to members of the regime in return for their cooperation.
Investors bailed out of the pipeline project in droves; several months later Unocal quit CentGas, saying it was unwilling to collaborate with the oppressive regime, at least until it was recognized as a legitimate government by the West.
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The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 9-11-commission, 22 Jul 2004.
Primary record
The former UNOCAL chief for the pipeline project, Marty Miller, denied working exclusively with the Taliban and told us that his company sought to work with all Afghan factions to bring about the necessary stability to proceed with the project.
Oakley told us that he counseled the company about the internal dynamics of Afghanistan and Pakistan but never lobbied the State Department on UNOCAL’s behalf.
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