Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 15
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
In January-July 2017, 19.37 million tons of oil was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline compared to 20.6 million tons in the same period of 2016, Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee said in a report.
“In January-July 2017, 78.3 percent of oil transported via the country’s main pipelines accounted for the BTC pipeline,” reads the report.
In total, 24.73 million tons of oil was transported via the country’s main pipelines in January-July 2017 as compared to 26.4 million tons in the same period of 2016.
Total length of the BТС is 1,768 kilometers, including a 443-kilometer section running through Azerbaijan, a 249-kilometer section in Georgia and a 1,076-kilometer section in Turkey. The construction of the pipeline started in April 2003. It was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
The report also said that 4.43 billion cubic meters of gas were transported via the South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) in January-July 2017, as compared to 4.16 billion cubic meters in the same period of 2016.
The length of the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline is more than 700 kilometers. The pipeline transports gas produced at the Shah Deniz gas and condensate field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The gas is supplied to Georgia and Turkey.
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