BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 1. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline transported 54 million barrels (7 million tonnes) of crude oil in the first quarter of 2025, remaining unchanged from Q1 2024, Trend reports via bp.
Since the 1,768 km BTC pipeline became operational in June 2006 till the end of the first quarter of 2025, it carried a total of more than 4.5 billion barrels (about 598 million tonnes) of crude oil loaded on 5,932 tankers and sent to world markets.
The BTC pipeline currently carries mainly ACG crude oil and Shah Deniz condensate from Azerbaijan. In addition, other volumes of Caspian regional crude oil and condensate (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, other SOCAR volumes produced in Azerbaijan) continue to be transported via BTC.
BTC Co. shareholders are: bp (30.10%), SOCAR (32.97%), MOL (8.90%), TPAO (6.53%), Eni (5.00%), TotalEnergies (5.00%), ITOCHU (3.40%), ONGC Videsh (3.10%), ExxonMobil (2.50%) and INPEX (2.50%).
