BTC pipeline to carry four million tons of Kazakh oil in 2014

Roughlyfour million tons of Kazakh oil will be transported through Azerbaijan in 2014,Azernews reported on December 2, citing Ramiz Rzayev, head of the InvestmentDepartment of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Energy.

To date,over 230 million tons of oil has been transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhanexport pipeline while around 225 million tons of Azerbaijani oil was sent toworld markets through the Ceyhan port.

Thepipeline also played an important role in transporting oil from other CaspianSea countries.

About 8.6million tons of Turkmen oil has been transported through the pipeline so far,Rzayev said.

Rzayev saidKazakh and Russian companies show increasing interest in this pipeline anddecision on transportation of around four million tons of Kazakh oil throughAzerbaijan this year is evidence to this.

ANN.Az