| Contract area (block) |
Transport capacity | Venture company (established) |
Interest owned (*Operator) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC Pipeline Project | 1.2 million barrels per day | INPEX BTC Pipeline, Ltd. (Oct. 16, 2002) |
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Project History
| October 2002 | INPEX joins project |
|---|---|
| June 2006 | Commences crude oil shipments from Ceyhan Terminal |
| March 2009 | Completes 1.2 million bbl/d capacity expansion work |
| September 2010 | Cumulative export volume reaches 1,000 million bbls |
| January 2023 | Cumulative export volume reaches 4,000 million bbls |
The BTC Pipeline is a 1,770-kilometer-long crude oil pipeline that links Baku on Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea coast and Ceyhan in Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea. The pipeline has been fully operational since June 2006. With a transport capacity of 1.2 million barrels per day, the pipeline transports crude oil produced at the ACG Oil Fields in Azerbaijan.
