(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 31. The 5,000th tanker
with oil transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline
was shipped at the Turkish Ceyhan's marine transport terminal in
the Turkish province of Adana, Trend reports citing Anadolu news agency.
Crude oil entering the Heydar Aliyev terminal is shipped from
there by tankers to the world market.
The Turkish section of the BTC has been operated by the
state-owned company BOTAS International Ltd (BIL) since June
2006.
According to BIL and BTC, tankers have delivered up to 3 billion
813 million barrels of crude oil to the world market since June 2,
2006.
The company, as one of the prominent structures of the Turkish
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, is proud to have shipped
the 5,000th tanker, BIL CEO Nadim Ekiz said in an interview with
Anadolu news agency.
According to him, thanks to the BTC pipeline, Turkey has become
one of the important participants in the East-West energy
corridor.
'Turkey, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
has implemented important energy projects over the past decades.
BIL is making every effort to achieve the goals set by the Turkish
president for 2023. The giant steps taken by Turkey in the energy
field further strengthen the resolve to achieve set goals,' Ekiz
said.
Tags:
- Turkey
- economy
- tankers
- BIL
- oil transportation
- Ceyhan terminal
- Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)
- BTC oil pipeline
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