Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR exported 1.16 million tons of oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline in January-September 2017 as compared to 898,050 tons in the same period of 2016, SOCAR said Oct. 2.
The company exported 169,680 tons of oil from the Russian port of Novorossiysk in September 2017 as compared to 169,280 tons in the same period of 2016.
SOCAR exported 1.22 million tons of oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline in 2016 as compared to 1.27 million tons in 2015.
SOCAR exports the oil produced at its own fields, as well as the oil from joint ventures and operation companies working at Azerbaijan’s onshore fields, through Russia’s Novorossiysk port.
Oil is delivered to the port via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline operated by SOCAR.
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