BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 16
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Some 4.43 million tons of oil were transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline from January through February 021, which is 11.7 percent less compared to the same period of 2020, Trend reports citing a report from the State Statistical Committee Azerbaijan.
The BTC pipeline accounted for 76.5 percent of all oil transported through the main oil pipelines of the country for the specified period, said the committee.
As the committee noted, over 5.8 million tons of oil were transported by main oil pipelines.
In January 2021, about 393,100 tons of transit (Turkmen) oil was pumped through the BTC, which is 45.6 percent less compared to the same month of 2020.
The total length of the BTC oil pipeline is 1,768 kilometers, of which 443 kilometers run through the territory of Azerbaijan, 249 kilometers - Georgia, 1,076 kilometers - Turkey.
Construction of the pipeline began in April 2003 and was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
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