Botas International Limited (BIL), the operator of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in Turkey, has transported 75.919 million barrels of crude oil from the Ceyhan terminal this year, Report. az informs.
The crude oil was loaded onto 105 tankers and sent to the world markets.
To date, 4,764 tankers with 3.647 billion barrels of oil have been shipped from the port of Ceyhan.
BIL has been operating BTC in Turkey since 2001. The first BTC crude oil tanker was dispatched from the Ceyhan terminal on June 2, 2006.
In the first quarter of 2021, the operating costs of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) amounted to about $ 41 million, while capital expenses amounted to $ 6 million. According to the report of BP-Azerbaijan, operating expenses increased by $ 16 million or 64% on an annual basis and capital expenses - by $ 3 million or two times.
