Oil deliveries through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline to Turkish's port of Ceyhan reached 332 million tons (2.49 million barrels) since 2006, according to BP's data for Azerbaijan released Monday.
BP's data also showed that, in the same ten year period, oil flow through Ceyhan has been sent to global markets using 3,278 tankers.
The pipeline, which carries crude oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey's Ceyhan port in southern Turkey, has a capacity to carry 1.2 million barrels of oil per day. In addition to Azeri crude, the pipeline also carries oil from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to Turkey's Ceyhan port where oil is exported via tankers to the global market.
Additional data showed that oil delivery from the BTC pipeline reached 17.3 million tons (130 million barrels) in the first half of 2016.
The BTC pipeline, built by the BTC pipeline company is 1,768 kilometers in length. While the Azerbaijani and Georgian sections of the pipeline are operated by BP, the Turkish section is operated by Turkey's Petroleum Pipeline Corporation BOTAS' International Limited company.
Turkey's Ceyhan port on the eastern Mediterranean coast also serves as an outlet for oil exports from northern Iraq.
- Shah Deniz II project is 77 percent complete
Oil flow from the Shah Deniz II project, which is currently 77 percent complete, plans to start in 2018
The Shah Deniz II project aims to transport gas from Azerbaijan's energy-rich Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea to Europe. The gas developed from the field will be carried to Turkey and Europe through TANAP and will be connected to TAP in Greece to carry the gas further into Europe through the Southern Gas Corridor.
Reporting by Ruslan Rehimov in Baku
Writing by Ebru Sengul
Anadolu Agency
ebrusengul@aa.com.tr