Baku, Azerbaijan, May 16
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
In January-April 2018, 2.39 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via the South Caucasus (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) pipeline as compared to 2.55 billion cubic meters of gas in January-April 2017, says a report of Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.
In January-April 2018, 29.5 percent of gas transported via the country’s main pipelines accounted for the South Caucasus pipeline, says the report.
In total, 8.11 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via the country’s main pipelines in January –April 2018 as compared to 8.04 billion cubic meters in January-April 2017.
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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