BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 15. During the period spanning January through April of the current fiscal year, a cumulative volume of 7.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas was conveyed via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum South Caucasus pipeline.
The data obtained by Trend from the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee
shows that this metric experienced a decrement of 162 million cubic
meters, representing a contraction of 2.2 percent relative to the
corresponding temporal segment from the previous annum, which stood
at 7.48 bcm.
Throughout the designated reporting interval, a total of 13.89
billion cubic meters of gas was conveyed via principal gas
transmission pipelines, reflecting a year-over-year contraction of
2.2 percent.
The South Caucasus Pipeline, commonly referred to as the Baku–Tbilisi–Erzurum Pipeline, BTE pipeline, or Shah Deniz Pipeline, transports natural gas from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijani part of the Caspian Sea to Turkey. It operates in parallel with the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline. The 42-inch (1,070 mm) diameter gas pipeline traverses the same corridor as the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline until reaching Erzurum, where the BTC pipeline diverts south towards the Mediterranean. The total length is 692 kilometers (430 miles), comprising 442 kilometers (275 miles) in Azerbaijan and 248 kilometers (154 miles) in Georgia.
