Azerbaijan transports 133.4 mln tons of oil via Baku-Ceyhan pipeline

Azerbaijan transported 133.4 mln tons of oil via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, 15.4 bcm of gas via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline so far, SOCAR Vice President Khoshbakht Yusifzade said.

According to him, BTC has been in operation since 2006, annual capacity is 50 mln tons of oil and exported 133.4 mln tons of oil so far (September 20). “Azerbaijan exports oil and oil productions to 30 countries.”

Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline has been in operation since 2007, annual capacity is 20 bcm and exported 15.4 bcm of gas so far. “Azerbaijan has exported gas to Iran since 2005, Russia since 2010.”

Note that BTC shareholders are: BP-Azerbaijan» (30,1%), AzBTC (25%), «Chevron» (8,9%), «Statoil» (8,71%), TPAO (6,53%), ENİ (5%), «Total» (5%), «Itochu» (3,4%), «Inpex» (2,5%), «ConocoPhillips» (2,5%) and «Hess» (2,36%).

Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum shareholders are: BP (technical operator -25,5%), «Statoil» (commercial operator - 25,5%), «Azerbaijan CQBK Ltd.» (10%), «LUKoil» (10%), NIKO (10%), «Total» (10%) and TPAO (9%).


/APA/