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Transportation of Turkmen oil via Baku-Ceyhan pipeline increased by 47%

21 May 2012 11:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. In January â€“ April, 2012, 14.9 mln tons of oil were transported via Azerbaijanâ€™s main pipelines, down 6.9% from year earlier.

State Statistical Committee says 76.5% of transportation was realized via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and 11.4 mln tons of oil were transported during the same period, down 6.6% from year earlier: â€œDuring this period, 1,170,100 tons of transit Turkmen oil were transported via BTC, up 47% from previous yearâ€.

Besides, 962.9 thousand tons of Turkmen oil were transported from Sangachal terminal via BTC, up 56.2% from previous year.

Along with this, 7.3 bcm of gas were transported via Azerbaijanâ€™s main gas pipeline, up 3% in comparison to a year ago. 1/5 part of transported gas was transported via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum South Caucasus pipeline and 1.6 bcm of gas were transported via this pipeline, down 11.1% from year earlier.