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BP says SCPX project ahead of schedule

30 November 2015 15:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In the first nine months of 2015, SCPX activities continued along the pipeline route across Azerbaijan and Georgia.

BP-Azerbaijan told APA-Economics that stocks of pipe have been building up at the pipe yards along the route with more than half of the pipe needed for the Azerbaijan section already in the yards.

Since the mainline construction in Azerbaijan commenced at the end of June, pipeline construction has continued to ramp up and approximately 61km of pipe has now been welded and a further 2km strung out along the right of way ahead of time.

Other key achievements to date include:

• Acquisition of land for the right of way in Azerbaijan is 99.7% complete.

• Mainline pipeline construction in Georgia started in July.

• Construction of compressor stations 1 and 2 and the pressure regulating and metering facility in Georgia is ongoing.