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BP Announced Restore of Oil Export through Baku-Supsa Pipeline

Oil&Gas Materials 28 March 2007 17:48 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr S. Aliyev / BP Azerbaijan company announced the preliminary terms for the restoration of light oil export through Baku-Supsa pipeline.

Natig Aliyev, the Azerbaijani Minister for Industry and Energy, informed on 28 March that BP Azerbaijan intends to restore the export in two weeks.

For the time being the oil produced in the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field is exported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Novorossiysk pipelines and to the Batumi port by railway.

Technical damages caused by corrosion occurred in some parts of the Baku-Supsa pipeline in Georgia. The landslips at the territory hinder the functioning of the pipeline as well. It was the key reason to suspend the oil exports.

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