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Nearly 88 million barrels of oil transported via BTC in Jan-.Apr.

Oil&Gas Materials 26 May 2009 10:28 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 25 / Trend , E. Ismayilov/ 

In April, nearly 23 million barrels of Azeri Light oil was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan compared to 24.4 million barrels in March, according to the Botas official website. 

Nearly 88 million barrels of oil was transported through Turkey via the BTC in Jan-.Apr.

About 264 million barrels of Azeri Light oil was transported via BTC in 2008.

The total length of BТС is 1.768 kilometers including the 443-kilometer section running via Azerbaijan, the 249-kilometer section via Georgia and the 1.076 kilometers via Turkey. Construction of the pipeline was commenced in April 2003 and it was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.

BTC Company Shareholders includes: BP (30.1%); AzBTC (25%); Chevron (8.90%); Statoil Hydro (8.71%); ТРАО (6.53%); Eni (5%); Total (5%); Itochu (3.40%); Inpex (2.50%); ConocoPhillips (2.50%) and Amerada Hess (2.36%).

In April, nearly 12 million barrels of oil was transported via Iraq-Turkey pipeline through Turkey compared to 13 million barrels in March. About 52.6 million barrels of oil was transported via this pipeline in Jan.-Apr.

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