Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.1
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
Around 219.48 million barrels of oil was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline through Turkey's territory in Jan.-Oct. 2014, compared to 207.2 million barrel in the same period of 2013, a message posted on the website of Turkey's BOTAS state pipeline company said.
In total, some 249.62 million barrels of oil was transported via BTC through the territory of Turkey in 2013, compared to 250.34 million barrels in 2012.
The total length of the BТС is 1,768 kilometers including a 443 kilometer long section running through Azerbaijan, a 249 kilometer long section in Georgia and a 1,076 kilometer long section in Turkey. The construction of the pipeline started in April 2003. It was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
BTC Co. shareholders are: BP (30.1 percent), AzBTC (25 percent), Chevron (8.9 percent), Statoil (8.71 percent), ТРАО (6.53 percent), Eni (5 percent), Total (5 percent), Itochu (3.4 percent), Inpex (2.5 percent), ConocoPhillips (2.5 percent) and ONGC (2.36 percent).
Around 15.8 million barrels of oil was transported via the Iraq-Turkey pipeline through Turkey's territory in Jan.-Oct. 2014, compared to 74.65 million barrels in the same period of 2013.
The pipeline transported 91.88 million barrels of oil in 2013, compared to 145.63 million barrels in 2012.
Ceyhan-Kirikkale pipeline transported 19.2 million barrels of oil through Turkey's territory in Jan.-Oct. 2014, compared to 20.09 million barrels in the same period of 2013.
In total, 23.74 million barrels of oil was transported via the pipeline in 2013, compared to 21.96 million barrels in 2012.
Around 11.58 million barrels of oil was transported via the Batman-Dordyol pipeline in Jan.-Oct. 2014, compared to nearly 9.56 million barrels in the same period of 2013.
The pipeline transported 11.57 million barrels of oil in 2013, compared to 11.25 million barrels in 2012.
Edited by SI
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