BAKU, July 15 (Reuters) - Azeri oil exports through the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell
by 8.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2020 to 14.686 million
tonnes, the State Statistics Committee said on Wednesday.
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-June totalled
18.357 million tonnes, about 80% of which flowed through the
BTC.
The volume of transit oil - crude originating in Kazakhstan
- through BTC fell to 2.1 million tonnes in the first six
months, from 2.3 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 BTC fell 8% in 2019 to
31.135 million tonnes.
(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova;
Writing by Margarita Antidze;
Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)