Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.17. / Trend /
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline transported 1.2 million tons of the Kazakh Tengiz oil in January to August, compared to 1 million tons in January to July, the Azerbaijani state statistics committee said.
About 285,100 tons of the Kazakh oil was transported through BTC in 2008 (October-December).
American ChevronTexaco began transport of Tengiz oil via the BTC in 2008. The Kazakh oil will be shipped via the BTC and railway until Kulevi and Batumi ports of Georgia. Tengiz is operated by ChevronTexaco. The volume of the oil shipping is expected to increase to 4 million tons.
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 kilometer via Turkey. Construction of the pipeline began in April 2003 and it was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
BTC shareholders include 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%).
Kulevi terminal on the shore of the Black Sea is owned by the SOCAR and Batumi oil port is owned by KazMunayGaz