Volume of oil exports via BTC dropped in August

In August 2024, the daily average oil export volume through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) main pipeline was 568,000 barrels, according to the OPEC, Report informs.

"Compared to July, exports through BTC in August decreased by 119,000 barrels per day or 17% to a daily average of 568,000 barrels," the OPEC noted.

Compared to August of last year2023, the volume of transportation through BTC decreased by 5% or 76,000 barrels per day.

BTC was put into operation on July 13, 2006. Its length is 1,768 km: 443 km passes through Azerbaijan, 249 km through Georgia, and 1,076 km through Türkiye.