Sixteen years have passed since the BTC system was fully operational, Azerbaijan's Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov wrote on his Twitter account.
In this period, approximately 518 million tons of oil, including 463 million tons of Azerbaijani oil, were transported through the BTC, the minister tweeted, according to Report.
Currently, Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oil and condensate from Shah Deniz are being transported from Azerbaijan through the BTC pipeline. In addition, oil is transported through the pipeline from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.