Baku. Nijat Mustafayev – APA-Economics. Azerbaijan transported 36.4 mln tonnes oil via main oil pipelines during January-October, down 7% compared with a year ago, State Statistical Committee told APA.
According to SSC, ¾ of transportation was realized via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and 27.7 mln tonnes of oil were transported via this pipeline, down 6.7% from previous year. Besides, BTC pipeline transported 2.6 mln tonnes Turkmen oil, up 53% in comparison to a year earlier.
At the same time, 15.6 bcm of gas was transported via main gas pipelines, down 4.1% from previous year. 21% of transportation was carried out via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum south Caucasus pipeline and 3.3 bcm of gas was transported via this pipeline, down 10.8% from previous year.