Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 2
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline transported 262.19 million barrels of oil through Turkey's territory in 2015, compared to 260.68 million barrels in 2014, the Turkish state pipeline company Botas said in a message on its website Feb. 2.
The total length of the BTC pipeline is 1,768 kilometers of which 443 kilometers go through Azerbaijan, 249 kilometers - through Georgia and 1076 kilometers - through Turkey.
Construction of the pipeline started in April 2003 and it was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
Iraq-Turkey pipeline transported 192.43 million barrels of oil through Turkey's territory in 2015, compared to 48.66 million barrels in 2014.
Ceyhan-Kirikkale pipeline transported 30.98 million barrels of oil through Turkey's territory in 2015, compared to 22.21 million barrels in 2014.
Batman-Dortyol pipeline transported 19.72 million barrels of oil in 2015, compared to 17.78 million barrels in 2014.
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