Azerbaijan, Baku, March 1 / Trend /
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic's (SOCAR) Marketing and Economic Operations Department exported 1.92 million tons of oil in February from the Turkish port of Ceyhan compared to 1.67 million tons a month earlier, SOCAR said.
SOCAR exported 3.6 million tons of oil from Ceyhan in Jan.-Feb.
The BТС's total length is 1.768 kilometers including a 443-kilometer section running via Azerbaijan, a 249-kilometer section traversing Georgia and a 1.076-kilometer section passing through Turkey. The pipeline's construction began in April 2003. First oil was marked May 18, 2005.
BTC Co. 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).