Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 18
By Sara Israfilbayova - Trend:
In 2018, 32.7 million tons of oil were transported from Azerbaijan, which is 0.6 percent or 115,200 tons more than in 2017, Trend reports referring to a report of the Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline accounted to most of the oil transported during the year with 27.45 million tons (an increase of 131,500 tons over the year).
The Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline transported 1.3 million tons of oil (a decrease of 199,700 tons over the year), the Baku-Supsa pipeline transported 3.75 million tons (a decrease of 36,600 tons over the year) and the pipeline operated by the Iranian company NICO transported 164,000 tons (a decrease of 110,500 tons over the year).
The volume of oil transportation in Azerbaijan in 2018 (1,000 tons):
|
Oil transportation |
2018 |
2017 |
Difference |
|
In the whole country |
32,666.4 |
32,881.6 |
-215.2 |
|
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan |
27,452.2 |
27,320.7 |
131.5 |
|
Baku-Supsa |
3,751.3 |
3,787.9 |
-36.6 |
|
Baku-Novorossiysk |
1,298.8 |
1,498.5 |
-199.7 |
|
NICO |
164.0 |
274.5 |
-110.5 |
