TBILISI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - British oil company BP plans to spend $150 million to upgrade some parts of theBaku-Supsa oil pipeline which runs from Azerbaijan to Georgia,the Georgian government said on Thursday.
The issue was discussed during the Georgian Prime Minister'smeeting with BP's CEO Bob Dudley at the World Economic Forum inDavos, the Georgian government's press service said in astatement.
"BP will spend $150 million on modernisation of somestretches of the pipeline and improvement of ecologicalstandards," it said, without providing any other details.
Azerbaijan exports oil via the Baku-Supsa pipeline from theChirag oilfield operated by BP. Exports through the Baku-Supsapipeline rose to 3.9 million tonnes in January-November 2015from 3.8 million tonnes in the same period a year earlier. (Reporting by Margarita Antidze; editing by David Clarke)