Volume of BTC oil transportation via Türkiye drops by over 3%

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline transported 183.945 million barrels of oil through Türkiye in the first 10 months of 2024, Report informs, citing Türkiye’s BOTAS Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS).

Compared to the corresponding period in 2023, there was a drop of 6.760 million barrels or 3.54%.

In October alone, the BTC transported 19.020 million barrels of oil through Türkiye, marking a decrease of 9 barrels or 0.05% year-on-year.

The BTC pipeline primarily transports oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field and condensate extracted from the Shah Deniz field. Additionally, it handles other volumes of crude oil and condensate, including oil from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.