Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 Feb./ Trend C. Aliyev /
In January 2013, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline transported 2.8 million tons of oil compared to 3.1 million tons in January 2012, the State Statistics Committee told Trend.
"In 2012, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline accounted for three-quarters of all the oil transported through pipeline network of the country," the Committee said.
According to the Committee, the country's pipeline network transported 43.3 million tons of oil in 2012.
The BТС's total length is 1768 kilometers including a 443-kilometre section running via Azerbaijan, a 249-kilometre section traversing Georgia and a 1076-kilometre section passing through Turkey. The pipeline's construction began in April 2003. First oil was marketed on May 18, 2005.
BTC Co. shareholders include: BP (30.1 per cent); AzBTC (25 per cent); Chevron (8.90 per cent); Statoil Hydro (8.71 per cent); ТРАО (6.53 per cent); Eni (5 per cent); Total (5 per cent); Itochu (3.40 per cent); Inpex (2.50 per cent); ConocoPhillips (2.50 per cent) and Amerada Hess (2.36 per cent). The last one sold its share to Indian ONGC. The transaction will be completed in the first quarter of 2013.
In 2012, the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) transported four billion cubic meters of gas compared to 4.5 billion in 2011.
The length of the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline (South Caucasus Pipeline) exceeds 700 kilometers. The gas produced from the Shah Deniz field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea is transported via the pipeline. Azerbaijan also appears as the buyer of gas.