BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.17
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
Over 16.7 million tons of oil were transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline from January through July 2020, which is 12.5 percent less compared to the same period of 2019, Trend reports citing a report of the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan.
In 2020, 79.8 percent of all oil transported through the country's main oil pipelines accounted for the BTC pipeline.
According to the committee, over 20.9 million tons of oil were shipped through those main pipelines.
In the first seven months of this year, almost 2.4 million tons of transit (Turkmen) oil were pumped through the BTC, which is 12.5 percent less compared to the same period of last year.
The total length of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline is 1,768 kilometers, of which 443 kilometers lies on Azerbaijan, 249 kilometers - Georgia, 1,076 kilometers - Turkey.
Construction of the BTC pipeline began in April 2003, and its filling with oil on May 18, 2005.
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