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Oil transportation via main pipelines decreases by 1% in Azerbaijan

17 December 2010 08:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. Azerbaijan transported 46.1mln tons of oil via main pipelines in January-November, 2010, down 0.9% compared to a year ago.

State Statistical Committee says, 76.6% of transportation was implemented via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. 35.3 mln tons of oil was transported via this pipeline during the same period, down 0.3% in comparison to a year ago. At the same time, BTC transported 1.1 mln. tons of Turkmen oil, from July, 2010.

Besides, Azerbaijan transported 15.9 bcm gases via main pipelines, during the same period of 2010, up 9.8% from year earlier. 29% of gas was transported via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline. This pipeline transported 4.6 bcm gases during the same period of 2010, up 2.1% from year ago.