james marriott is with us.e cowrote the book "the oil road: journeys from the caspian sea to the city of london." anna galkina is also with us, with the group, as is james, platform, based in london. bp plays a huge role, operates this pipeline. tell me about their history in azerbaijan? bp first broke into azerbaijan after the soviet union daughter falling apart in some of the first contracts signed in 1992. you will find, bp was actually there before they establish their own relationships with azerbaijan, before the western governments did. bp already had and office in the capital of azerbaijan before any of the western governments had embassies. they invited the british diplomats to share an office with them. thethen, bp recruited british state to work on their behalf to help them break into this new territory and sign contracts. the president of azerbaijan at the time was, as we found out got fromments that we the british foreign office freedom of information legislation, was a big fan of margaret thatcher.