Azerbaijan, Baku, June 10 / Trend R.Hafizoglu /
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline is a very prestigious project and source of income for Turkey, BP Vice-President on Turkey Hakan Türker said, the Anadolu agency reported on Monday.
According to Türker, BTC passes through 330 settlements in Turkey.
The total length of BТС is 1.768 kilometres including the 443 kilometre section running via Azerbaijan, the 249 kilometre section via Georgia and the 1.076 kilometre via Turkey. Construction of the pipeline began in April 2003 and was filled with oil on May 18, 2005.
BTC Co. shareholders are: BP (30.1 per cent); AzBTC (25 per cent); Chevron (8.90 per cent); Statoil (8.71 per cent); ТРАО (6.53 per cent); Eni (5 per cent); Total (5 per cent); Itochu (3.40 per cent); Inpex (2.50 per cent); ConocoPhillips (2.50 per cent) and ONGC (2.36 per cent).