In August State Oil Company of Azerbaijan is shipping first load of its own oil delivered via BTC, from Ceyhan, trend reports with reference to SOCAR.
The oil load totals 1mln bbl (135 thous ton). SOCAR is now talking to bp on dates for the load reception.
Oil traders told Trend 6.6mln bbl of Azeri Light oil will be exported from Ceyhan in July 2006.
Price for AZERI LT FOB Ceyhan oil on July 7 was $73.16/bbl (up $1.07/bbl).