Azerbaijan, Baku, July 2 /Trend E.Ismayilov/
Office of Marketing and Economic Operations (OMEO) of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan exported 10.35 million tones of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan in January-June compared to 8.73 million tones in January-May, SOCAR said on Monday.
According to the report, SOCAR exported 1.62 million tons in June compared to about 1.72 million tones in May.
SOCAR exported 22.97 million tons of Azerbaijani oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan in 2011 compared to 27.27 million tones in 2010.
Oil is supplied to the port of Ceyhan via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
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).