Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a 1,768 kilometres (1,099 mi) long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, via Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is the second-longest oil pipeline in the former Soviet Union, after the Druzhba pipeline. The first oil that was pumped from the Baku end of the pipeline reached Ceyhan on 28 May 2006.
| Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline | |
|---|---|
Location of Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline | |
| Location | |
| Country | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey |
| General direction | east–south-west |
| From | Baku (Sangachal Terminal), Azerbaijan |
| Passes through | Tbilisi Georgia Erzurum Turkey Sarız Turkey |
| To | Ceyhan, Turkey |
| Runs alongside | South Caucasus Pipeline |
| General information | |
| Type | oil |
| Partners | BP SOCAR Chevron Statoil GIOC TPAO Eni TotalEnergies Itochu Inpex ConocoPhillips Hess Corporation |
| Operator | BP |
| Commissioned | 2006 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 1,768 km (1,099 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 1 million barrels (160,000 m3) of oil per day |
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