2023: Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan Transport 17.4% of Oil via Baku

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2023: Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan Transport 17.4% of Oil via Baku
The Heydar Aliyev petrol terminal in the Ceyhan district of Adana province, southern Türkiye. (AA Photo)

 The total volume of oil transit from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in 2023 accounted for 17.4 percent of the entire pumping volume.

The transit oil from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan accounted for  5.2 million tonnes, the Interfax-Azerbaijan reported on Friday, citing the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan.

In the reporting period, the volume of oil pumped through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline reached 30.1 million tonnes, reflecting a 1.5 percent increase compared to last year.

In January-November 2023, transporting transit oil from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through the BTC pipeline accounted for 17.3 percent of the total pumping volume, equivalent to 4.7 million tonnes.

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