LONDON, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - British energy giant BP said Tuesday that it has closed the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline and the South Caucasus gas pipeline in Georgia because of the ongoing conflict with Russia.

'We have closed two other pipelines in Georgia -- Baku-Supsa and the South Caucasus pipeline, which is a gas pipeline,' a BP spokesman told AFP.

The key Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which BP operates, had already been shut last week after a blast occurred in a pump at a section in eastern Turkey.