Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Vital Link For East And West

摘要

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is the first attempt of its scale to extract and transport Azerbaijan oil reserves to the western world, covering three nations in its route. The BTC pipeline in Turkey encompasses 1,076 km from the Georgia-Turkey border in the Posof District to the marine terminal being constructed at Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea. From the Georgian border, the pipeline crosses the provinces of Ardahan, Kars, Erzurum, Erzincan, Gumushane, Sivas, Kayseri, Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye and Adana, terminating at Ceyhan. The pipeline is designed to transport 50 MTPA (1 million bpd) of crude oil from Azerbaijan to Turkey. The Turkish section consists of 42-inch diameter, 924-km long and 34-inch diameter, 124-km long pipeline. The initial 22 km from the Georgian border to Pumping Terminal — I is 46 inches in diameter.