BP shutters Georgian pipeline
BP says it closed the 90,000 barrel a day Baku-Supsa pipeline that flows through the embattled nation.

LONDON (AP) -- BP PLC says it has shut down an oil pipeline that runs through Georgia as a precautionary measure, but says that it's unaware of any Russian bombings on pipelines in the region.

BP says it closed the 90,000-barrel-a-day Baku-Supsa pipeline earlier Tuesday.

Another pipeline operated by the London-based oil company in the former Soviet Republic, the larger Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, is already out of action after a fire last week on its Turkish stretch.

BP (BP) spokesman Robert Wine says that the Baku-Supsa line had been closed because it runs through central Georgia, where there is greater risk of conflict.

However, he adds that BP has had no reports of damage to pipelines in Georgia.

A third pipeline in Georgia that BP uses to export oil, but does not operate, remains open.