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Azerbaijan shares data on oil transported via BTC pipeline in 9M2021

Oil&Gas Materials 19 October 2021 18:43 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.19

By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline accounted for 74.9 percent of all oil transported in 9M2021 through the main oil pipelines of Azerbaijan (19.566 million tons), Trend reports citing the State Statistics Committee.

During the reporting period, 26.17 million tons of oil were transported through the oil pipelines of Azerbaijan, which is 1.5 percent less than the same period last year.

It is reported that over 2.5 million tons of transit (Turkmen) oil were pumped through the BTC in 9M2021, which is 17.39 percent less than the same period last year.

The total length of the BTC pipeline is 1,768 kilometers, of which 443 kilometers pass through the territory of Azerbaijan, 249 kilometers - Georgia, 1,076 kilometers - Turkey. Construction of the pipeline was launched in April 2003 and was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.

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