Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. During the first quarter of 2014, operating expenditure of the South Caucasus Pipeline made $ 12 mln, capital expenditure - $137 mln.
BP-Azerbaijan told APA-Economics that the operating expenditure is expected to make $50 mln in 2014. Capital expenditure will increase up to $1.25 bln through acceleration of works on SCP expansion.
This pipeline was launched in 2006 and delivers Shahdeniz 1 gas to Azerbaijan and Georgia, from 2007 – to Turkey.
Average transportation capacity of the pipeline is 18.14 mcm of gas or daily 110,430 barrels of oil.