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Ceyhan oil terminal loads 1,295 oil tankers

Oil&Gas Materials 4 October 2010 12:18 (UTC +04:00)
As of Oct.4, 2010, Botas International Limited (BIL) has loaded 1,295 tankers with oil pumped via BTC from Ceyhan oil terminal since June 2006 compared to 1,274 as of Sept.13, BIL said.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 4 / Trend E.Ismayilov /

As of Oct.4, 2010, Botas International Limited (BIL) has loaded 1,295 tankers with oil pumped via BTC from Ceyhan oil terminal since June 2006 compared to 1,274 as of Sept.13, BIL said.

BIL was first set up by Turkish State Pipeline Company Botas to establish cooperation with foreign companies. In 2001, BIL was reorganized to exploit BTC pipeline.

During the report period, the port shipped over 1,017 million barrels of oil.

BТС's total length is 1.768 kilometers including a 443-kilometer section running via Azerbaijan, a 249-kilometer section passing via Georgia and a 1,076-kilometer section traversing Turkey. Construction of the pipeline began in April 2003. The pipeline launched May 18, 2005.

BTC shareholders include BP (30.1 percent); AzBTC (25 percent); Chevron (8.90 percent); Statoil Hydro (8.71 percent); ТРАО (6.53 percent); Eni (5 percent); Total (5 percent); Itochu (3.40 percent); Inpex (2.50 percent); ConocoPhillips (2.50 percent) and Amerada Hess (2.36 percent).

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