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More than 18 mln. tones of oil transported through BTC this year

15 July 2020 19:11 (UTC +04:00)

In January-June of this year, 18,356.7 thousand tones of oil were transported through the main oil pipelines in Azerbaijan, which is 7% less in comparison to the relevant period of 2019, State Statistics Committee told APA-Economics.

According to the information, 80% of transportation has been carried out via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil export pipeline and in January-June of the current year, 14,685.9 thousand tones of oil sent through this pipeline (8.1% decrease in comparison to January-June of 2019)

"During the period, 2,100.2 thousand tons of transit oil (9.3% decrease) was also transferred through BTC,” the information reads.