Kazakh Oil Shipped From Türkiye's Ceyhan Port Via BTC Pipeline
Date
4/23/2023 6:04:19 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) The first batch of Kazakh oil from the Tengiz field via the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline was shipped from Türkiye's
Ceyhan port on April 22, Azernews reports, citing local media
sources.
According to SOCAR Midstream Operations LLC, the oil shipment,
totaling 83.2 thousand tons (665 thousand barrels), was loaded onto
the tanker "Alatau". The loading ceremony was attended by
delegations from SOCAR, KazMunayGas, Tengizchevroil,
Kazmortransflot and their subsidiaries.
This milestone was achieved following continuous oil supplies
from the port of Aktau in Kazakhstan to the Sangachal Terminal of
Azertrans in Azerbaijan, with subsequent transportation to the BTC
system, which began in March 2023. The loading of the next batch of
Kazakh oil onto a tanker at the port of Ceyhan is scheduled for the
end of May 2023.
The transportation of Kazakh oil through BTC is being carried
out under the Master Agreement between SOCAR and KazMunayGas, with
a goal to transit 1.5 million tons of oil annually. The first
shipment of Kazakh oil from the Tengiz field arrived at the
Sangachal Terminal from Aktau via the“President Heydar Aliyev”
tanker on March 23, 2023.
In 2022, SOCAR executed significant projects to upgrade the
gathering pipeline network at and outside the Sangachal Terminal to
receive Kazakh oil into the BTC pipeline, increasing its capacity
utilization.
The successful shipment of the first batch of Kazakh oil via the
BTC pipeline represents a significant achievement in strengthening
the partnership between SOCAR and KazMunayGas. It also underscores
the importance of regional energy cooperation, highlighting the
strategic importance of the BTC pipeline as a key route for the
transportation of Caspian oil to world markets.
BTC carries oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli and
condensate from Shah Deniz fields, as well as from other sources.
BTC's current throughput capacity is 1.2 million barrels per day or
50 million tons per year.
Since the 1,768 km BTC pipeline became operational in June 2006
till the end of 2022, it carried a total of 3.99 billion barrels
(more than 531 million tons) of crude oil loaded on 5,244 tankers
and sent to world markets.
On 18 January 2023, BTC achieved the 4 billion barrels of oil
export milestone.
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