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Azerbaijan decreases oil exports via BTC

Oil&Gas Materials 16 April 2021 13:09 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan decreases oil exports via BTC

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 16

By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:

Azerbaijan transported 6.87 million tons of oil via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline from January through March 2021, which is 10.5 percent less compared to the same period of 2020, Trend reports citing a report of the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan.

During the first quarter of 2021, the BTC accounted for 76.8 percent of all oil transported through the main oil pipelines of Azerbaijan (8.9 million tons).

At the same time, about 858,300 tons of transit (Turkmen) oil was exported through the BTC, a decrease of 22 percent over the year.

The total length of the BTC 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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