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Azerbaijan sharply increases gas transportation via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum

Oil&Gas Materials 19 February 2019 17:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 19

By Azad Hasanli - Trend:

In January 2019, Azerbaijan exported 934.9 million cubic meters of gas via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline, which is 33.8 percent more compared to January 2018, Trend reports referring to the country's State Statistical Committee.

Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum accounted for 33.1 percent of the total gas transported by Azerbaijan. Over a year, the figure rose by 3.8 percent.

In January, 2,820.7 million cubic meters of gas were transported through trunk pipelines, which is 18.5 percent more compared to January 2018.

The length of the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline is more than 700 kilometers. This gas pipeline transports the gas produced at the Shah Deniz gas condensate field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian sea. The gas is supplied to Georgia and Turkey.

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