Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 16 / Trend /
In January, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) transported 3 million tons compared to 2.7 million tons in January 2009, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan said.
In total, BTC transported 38.2 million tons in 2009 compared to 32.8 million tons in 2008.
The total length of the BTC pipeline is 1,768 kilometers, 443 km lies in Azerbaijan, 249 km - in Georgia, 1,076 km - in Turkey.
BTC Co shareholders are: BP (30,1 percent); AzBTC (25 percent); Chevron (8,90 percent); Statoil (8,71 percent), TPAO (6.53 percent); Eni (5 percent); Total (5 percent); Itochu (3,40 percent); Inpex (2,50 percent); ConocoPhillips (2,50 percent) and Hess (2,36 percent).
In January, about 466.4 million cubic meters of gas were transported via the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) compared to 514.9 million cubic meters over the same period of the last year.
In 2009, about 5.2 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum compared to 4,7 billion cubic meters in 2008.
The length of the pipeline Baku - Tbilisi - Erzurum pipeline (South Caucasus Pipeline) is more than 700 kilometers. Pumping capacity is over 20 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Gas produced at gas-condensate field Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea is transported via this gas pipeline. Gas is supplied to Georgia and Turkey. Azerbaijan also buys this gas.