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77 mln barrels of oil transported through Sangachal terminal during 1st quarter

21 May 2012 11:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ali Ahmedov â€“ APA-Economics. Oil and gas from ACG and Shah Deniz have continued to flow via subsea pipelines to the Sangachal terminal, BP-Azerbaijan reported.

The capacity of the terminalâ€™s overall processing systems is currently 1.2 million barrels of oil and 25.5 million cubic metres of Shah Deniz gas per day (about 39.5 million cubic metres in total) per day.

Gas is exported via the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and via a SOCAR gas pipeline connecting the terminalâ€™s gas processing facilities and Azerigasâ€™s national grid system.

During the first quarter of 2012, the Sangachal terminal exported about 76.6 million barrels of oil (including 66.7 million barrels through Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC), 8.1 million barrels through the Western Route Export Pipeline (WREP) and 1.55 million barrels by rail).

On average about 22 million standard cubic metres (about 777 million standard cubic feet) of Shah Deniz gas was exported from the terminal daily during the first quarter of 2012.