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Botas: Military actions in Libya do not affect Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan

Oil&Gas Materials 30 March 2011 18:46 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 30 / Trend A. Akhundov /

The current military actions in Libya are not affecting the Turkish port of Ceyhan, from which Azerbaijani oil is shipped, which is delivered via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, Botas International Limited (BIL) - subsidiary of the Turkish state pipeline company Botas told Trend on Tuesday.

"The port operates in normal mode. Oil Shipment is carried out in accordance with the schedule," the BIL said.

Already for several days Libya is subjected to massive missile and air attacks of Western coalition forces, which include the UK, France, USA, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Denmark. Western politicians say that the mission protects civilians in Libya against the arbitrariness of security forces and soldiers true to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. At the same time, Tripoli reports on dozens of civilian deaths resulting from attacks of the Western coalition.

As of March 1, 2010, Botas International Limited (BIL) shipped 1.13 billion barrels of oil from the oil terminal in Ceyhan via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline from June 2, 2006 to the present period compared to 1.112 billion barrels as of February 3, the BIL said.

According to the report, 1,478 tankers were loaded at the Ceyhan terminal with 1,152 billion barrels of Azerbaijani oil since the beginning of transportation.

BIL was initially founded by the Turkish state pipeline company Botas to establish cooperation with foreign companies. In 2001, BIL was reorganised to use the BTC.

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 Hess (2.36 percent).

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