Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan Pipeline
Summary Information
- Source: Baku, Azerbaijan
- Destination: Ceyhan, Turkey
- Ownership: The BTC Company
- The partners are:
- BP (UK);
- SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan);
- TPAO (Turkey);
- Statoil (Norway);
- Unocal (USA);
- Itochu (Japan);
- Amerada Hess (Saudi Arabia);
- Eni (Italy);
- TotalFinaElf (France);
- INPEX (Japan)
- ConocoPhillips (USA).
- Website:
- Length: 1,768 kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: One million barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type: Azeri Light Crude Oil
The Route
- The pipeline travels from the Sangachal terminal near Baku through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to the Ceyhan marine terminal on the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean. The sections of the pipe are 443km in Azerbaijan, 249km in Georgia, and 1,076km in Turkey.
Pipeline Status
- In operation since 2006
History
- 2001 - Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan Pipeline Company Formed
- November 4, 2003, the Board of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, approved lending to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline
- Linefill of the BTC pipeline started at 10 May, 2005 and first oil reached the Ceyhan terminal on 28 May, 2006.
- The first tanker export of crude which had travelled through the line was on 4 June, 2006.
Other Information
- The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company (BTC Co) is responsible for the construction and operation of the whole pipeline. It is an incorporated joint venture company made up of 11 shareholders and managed by BP, its largest shareholder.
- The diameter of the pipeline is 42 inches throughout most of Azerbaijan and Turkey. In Georgia the pipeline diameter is 46 inches. The pipeline diameter reduces to 34-inches for the last downhill section to the Ceyhan Marine Terminal in Turkey.
- Approximately 10 million barrels of oil were required to fill the line.
- The BTC pipeline facilities include:
- 8 pump stations (2 in Azerbaijan, 2 in Georgia, 4 in Turkey)
- 2 intermediate pigging stations
- 1 pressure reduction station
- 101 small block valves
Links
- Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan Pipeline Company Formed
- BP BTC Page
- Project Page from Hydrocarbons Technology
- Project Information from BIC
- IFC Project Page
- EBRD Project Page
page revision: 10, last edited: 07 May 2012 08:15
