BAKU, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Azeri oil exports through the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell
by 11% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2020 to 16.745
million tonnes, the State Statistics Committee said on Friday.
The BTC pipeline is used to export oil from the Azeri,
Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) oilfields operated by BP.
Azerbaijan's total oil exports in January-July totalled
20.997 million tonnes, about 80% of which was via the BTC.
The volume of transit oil, crude originating in Kazakhstan,
through the BTC fell to 2.418 million tonnes in the first seven
months, from 2.727 million tonnes a year earlier.
Azerbaijan also exports oil via Russia through the
Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline and via Georgia by rail and through
the Baku-Supsa pipeline.
Turkmenistan also historically exported some crude via the
BTC, but diverted its flows to a Russian port in 2019.
Azerbaijan's oil exports through the BTC fell 8% in 2019 to
31.135 million tonnes.
(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova;
Writing by Margarita Antidze;
Editing by David Evans)