Oil transit from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline made up 16.2% of the pipeline’s total throughput in January–July.

Citing the State Statistics Committee, the share of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan’s transit oil amounted to 2.6 million tons, Interfax-Azerbaijan reported on Friday.

Azerbaijani oil accounted for 83.6%, or 13.5 million tons.

During the reporting period, the total volume of oil transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline reached 16.2 million tons.

The 1,768-kilometer BTC pipeline carries crude oil from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean, starting in Baku, Azerbaijan, crossing Georgia, and terminating at the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Source of information: Business Turkmenistan