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An old pipeline terminated in Israel at the Mediterranean, as reported by John H. Transport from there was by ship. The oil stopped in Albania because Franco's Spain would not buy from Israel in the 70s. Obviously, I over simplified the description. My guess it that the pipeline was originally by British Petroleum.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Aug 30th, 2010 at 10:07:45 AM EST
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From Wiki:
After the Six Day War, Iran supplied Israel with a significant portion of its oil needs and Iranian oil was shipped to European markets via the joint Israeli-Iranian Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline.[1][2] Brisk trade between the countries continued until 1979.[3] Israeli construction firms and engineers were active in Iran.

See also: In the pipeline: More regime change. Or, as a last resort, read the first portion of the article. :-)       

Israel got to keep a significant portion of the oil for its role, Albania and, probably, Syria got bribed. Iran got a market for oil in excess of its OPEC quota.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Aug 30th, 2010 at 10:24:52 AM EST
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