The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) announced that in December 2006 the total oil pumping via the Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline will comprise of 400,000 tons, Trend reports.
Following the cessation of the Baku-Supsa pipeline for repair, the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) is obliged to pump oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields in three directions: Baku-Novorossiysk, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and by rail to the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi.
In December the SOCAR is expected to pump only one cargo the volume of which is still to be defined and the rest will be delivered by the AIOC, which holds priority for oil pumping via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline, as an operator of the route.
