BTC carries 70 mln tons of oil to world markets
Posted by meb at January 6th, 2009
Nearly 70 million tons of crude oil were transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline between its opening in June 2006 and the end of 2008, officials from BOTAŞ International Limited (BIL), the operator of the BTC Turkey section, said on Tuesday.
BIL officials said the BTC pipeline project, dubbed the “energy project of the century,” successfully carried Caspian oil to world markets through Turkey. According to officials, close to 70 million tons of crude oil have been transported from the Haydar Aliyev Seaport to Ceyhan, Adana province, since June 2, 2006. This oil was then transported by 650 tankers to points beyond Turkey. BIL General Director Salih Paşaoğlu said his company carried the crude oil from Ardahan to Ceyhan, overcoming difficult circumstances such as rough terrain and changing climatic conditions. “We have shown the world that a Turkish company can carry out such an important project and meet world standards. We have improved Turkey’s standing in world energy markets,” Paşaoğlu stated. He said his company operates the pipeline efficiently and in a secure work environment. “We have managed to overcome hardships quickly and carry out our job professionally,” he added. The BTC pipeline is a crude oil pipeline that covers 1,768 kilometers from the Azeri-Chirag-Güneşli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and Ceyhan, a port on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
source:Today’s Zaman
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